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Mothers in Medicine

Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned

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Editors:
  1. Katherine Chretien

    1. Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

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  • Features real stories from mothers in medicine at all stages of training from medical student to attending physician
  • Organized by themes that are unique to the physician-mother: career decisions, having children during training, choice of specialty, practice issues, and work-life balance
  • Presents narrative stories about each theme followed by discussion of key considerations, guidelines, and tips
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Choosing Motherhood and Medicine: The First Questions

    • Terry Kind
    Pages 1-9

  3. Having and Raising Children During Physician Training: Medical School

    • Ashley VanDercar, Hilit F. Mechaber
    Pages 11-20

  4. Having and Raising Children During Physician Training: Residency

    • Raeshell Sweeting
    Pages 21-30

  5. Being a Mother in Medicine in Practice

    • Monique Tello
    Pages 31-60

  6. Choosing Where and How to Work

    • Andrea Flory
    Pages 61-67

  7. Balancing Work and Life

    • Jenni Levy
    Pages 69-77

  8. Sharing the Humor in Being a Mother in Medicine

    • Freida McFadden
    Pages 79-85

  9. Embracing the Mother in Medicine’s Village of Support

    • Miriam Stewart
    Pages 87-96

  10. Navigating Life Challenges as a Mother in Medicine

    • Elizabeth Ann Seng, Dawn Baker, Kathleen Y. Ogle
    Pages 97-111

  11. Negotiating for the Job You Want

    • Jane H. Chretien, Audrey P. Corson
    Pages 113-120

  12. Question and Answer: The Collective Wisdom of Mothers in Medicine

    • Rebecca E. MacDonell-Yilmaz
    Pages 121-129

  13. Erratum to: Choosing Where and How to Work

    • Andrea Flory
    Pages E1-E1

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 131-133
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About this book

Women are entering medical school in equal numbers as men, yet still face unique challenges in a profession where, overall, male physicians outnumber female physicians 3 to 1. Women in medicine also face decisions such as when to have a child during training and often struggle with work-life balance. This book features real stories and advice from mothers in medicine at all stages of training from medical student to practicing physician and addresses the topics that shape the lives, joys, and challenges of women in medicine today. The book is based on the best posts and wisdom shared on the Mothers in Medicine blog, which was established in 2008 by the editor and has published over 1500 posts and has over 4.8 million page views to date.    

The book is organized by themes that are unique to the physician-mother: career decisions, having children during training, navigating life challenges, practice issues, and work-life balance. Each chapter features an excerpt from the blog followed by an honest discussion of the key considerations, guidelines, and tips as related to each topic in the conversational, personal tone of the blog. The book concludes with a chapter that features the most popular questions posted on the Mothers in Medicine blog and a summary of the responses received from the community of readers. Mothers in Medicine: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned is a valuable and contemporary resource for pre-medical students, medical students, residents, and physicians.  


Reviews

“This is a useful resource for women in medicine who have or who plan to have families. It is a practical guide and an encouraging discussion group, supporting the notion that it is possible to have both a career in medicine and a family, and that the confluence can make both better and more fulfilling even with the additional work and challenges.” (Debra S. Leizman,Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

    Katherine Chretien

About the editor

Katherine Chretien, MD

Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Medicine

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Washington, DC, USA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mothers in Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned

  • Editors: Katherine Chretien

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68028-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68027-9Published: 16 January 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68028-6Published: 19 December 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 133

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Medical Education

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