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This is from the AMA Women's Professional Congress. Thought it was interesting....

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12308.html

Professional Issues in Medicine

More than forty percent of WPC members have experienced income disparity during their professional career.

* Fifty-five percent of WPC members providing patient care compared with 38% of WPC members not providing patient care have experienced income disparity.
* Sixty-three percent of WPC members 40 years of age or more compared with 28% of WPC members less than 40 years of age have experienced income disparity.

More than one-third of WPC members have experienced lack of promotion opportunities during their professional career.

* Forty-nine percent of WPC members 40 years of age or more compared with 26% of WPC members less than 40 years of age have experienced lack of promotion opportunities.
* As years in practice increases so does the likelihood of experiencing lack of promotion opportunities (less than 5 years in practice, 27%; 5-20 years in practice, 55%; 21 or more years in practice, 71%.
* Fifty-three percent of WPC members who are IMGs compared with 38% of WPC members who are US medical graduates have experienced lack of promotion opportunities.

One-half (49%) of WPC members have experienced sexual harassment during their professional careers.

A majority of the WPC members state that the professional climate has improved very much or somewhat for female physicians since the time when they entered medical school.

* Eighty-two percent of WPC members 40 years of age or more compared with 54% of WPC members less than 40 years of age report that the professional climate has improved very much or somewhat for female physicians.
* As years in practice increases so does the percentage of WPC members believing that the professional climate has improved very much or somewhat for female physicians (less than 5 years in practice, 57%; 5-20 years in practice, 78%; 21 or more years in practice, 85%).
* WPC members who are married (77%) are more likely than WPC members who are not married (61%) to state that the professional climate has improved very much or somewhat for female physicians.
* WPC members who are owners/partners of the practice (84%) are more likely than WPC members who are employees (65%) to think that the professional climate has improved very much or somewhat for female physicians.