[Is there a future for women and part-time doctors in primary care?].
We tried to understand the extent and the consequences of the feminization of medicine and of the upcoming of part-time jobs in primary care. In 2003, 52% of medical graduates are women, with an increase of 80% of women studying medicine and a decrease of 30% of men, since 1980. The women practice rather in group practices, in the cities and part-time. Working part-time increases satisfaction of the patients, the doctors with a part-time job and their colleagues. We urge the politicians and the medical societies to create a flexible training and adjusted possibilities to practice, so that we won't loose many motivated and proficient doctors especially as the attraction of primary care decreases.
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Policlinique médicale universitaire, Rue du Bugnon 44, 101 I Lausanne. Gabrielle.De-Torrente@hospvd.ch
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011320:Primary Health Care; D000078329:Workforce