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Inequities Faced By Female Doctors Serving Communities Of Need, Ana Motta-Moss, Zainab Hussain
Inequities Faced By Female Doctors Serving Communities Of Need, Ana Motta-Moss, Zainab Hussain
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The reasons for sex inequity in medicine are complex and partly interface ethnic background, specialty choice, and practice location. Multiple factors influence career choices including cultural values, balancing family responsibilities with professional growth, and career mentoring and support. Over the last 40 years, the Sophie Davis/CUNY School of Medicine (CSOM) has pursued a mission to increase diversity in medicine at the same time in which it has fostered the importance of primary care and service in underserved areas of New York State. Data from 1524 CSOM graduates show an increase in the number of women and underrepresented groups, with about …