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Does Gender Still Matter?: Women Physicians’ Self-Reported Medical Education Experiences, Katherine M. Butler, Julia Mason

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Objective: This study aims to provide a rich analysis of particular women’s medical education experiences.

Design: One-on-one interviews and self-administered questionnaires Participants: 25 practicing women physicians who had graduated from U.S. medical schools.

Results: The author identified the following themes: 1) societal gender role assumptions significantly impact women physicians’ experiences as medical students, in practice, and as primary care givers. 2) Marginalities in women’s health education exist in all levels of medical training. Curriculum specific to reproductive and psychiatric women’s health impacts physicians’ preparedness for treating female patients. 3) Physicians reported the existence of medical hierarchy during training and in …

Reducing Food Insecurity In Kent County: Assessing The Progress, Nichole Rydahl, Stephen Borders Phd, Mshp

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