Objective: Women in medicine generally have higher burnout and lower career satisfaction and work-life integration compared with men. This study identifies factors that contribute to burnout, career satisfaction, and work-life integration in women pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians.
Methods: Self-identified women PEM physicians in the United States participated in a virtual focus group using Group Level Assessment methodology.
Objective: Women physicians report worse work-life integration, career satisfaction, and burnout than men. No studies have evaluated work-life integration and career satisfaction in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) or explored gender differences for these outcomes. This study aims to (1) compare work-life integration, career satisfaction, and burnout in women and men PEM physicians and (2) compare associated individual and occupational factors to distinguish modifiable factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present the youngest case of trichotillomania and trichophagia in a 3-year-old African-American boy who resulted in bowel obstruction. Trichophagia should be taken into consideration in a young child presenting with abdominal pain, especially with no obvious source. Although rare, undiagnosed trichobezoar has a high complication rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLittle research exists on how immigrant children develop their beliefs about school learning (BASLs) in their home and host cultures. We examined the BASLs and achievement children of Chinese immigrants' (CCI) and European American (EA) children. We followed longitudinally 120 middle-class children from age 4 to 5, balanced for gender.
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