Health Affairs August 2, 2024
Physicians face an unprecedented burnout crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Young physician trainees just entering the health care workforce experience a time of personal growth and professional identity formation, while also grappling with what it means to build and then sustain a career in medicine. Women physicians experience higher rates of burnout, as shown by this National Academy of Medicine report, and they also face challenges relating to fertility, pregnancy, and caregiving.
Academic medicine was not built with women in mind. Since most women have children in their twenties and thirties, many trainees become pregnant during medical school and residency. As described in detail below, because of limited systematic support before birth, during parental leave, and after return to...
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