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abstract: 'Background: Women physicians face unique obstacles while progressing
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through their careers, navigating career advancement and seeking balance
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between professional and personal responsibilities. Systemic changes,
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along with individual and institutional changes, are needed to overcome
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obstacles perpetuating physician gender inequities. Developing a deeper
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understanding of women physicians'' experiences during important
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transition points could reveal both barriers and opportunities for
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recruitment, retention, and promotion, and inform best practices
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developed based on these experiences.
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Objective: The aim is to learn from the experiences and perspectives of
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women physicians as they transition from early to mid-career, then
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develop best practices that can serve to support women physicians as
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they advance through their careers.
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Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with women physicians
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in the United States in 2020 and 2021. Eligibility criteria included
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self-identification as a woman who is in the process of transitioning or
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who recently transitioned from early to mid-career stage. Purposeful
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sampling facilitated identification of participants who represented
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diversity in career pathway, practice setting, specialty, and
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race/ethnicity. Each participant was offered compensation for their
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participation. Interviews were audio-recorded and professionally
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transcribed. Interview questions were open-ended, exploring
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participants'' perceptions of this transition. Qualitative thematic
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analysis will be performed. We will use an open coding and grounded
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theory approach on interview transcripts.
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Results: The Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Health, Medicine,
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and Life Sciences at Maastricht University approved the study; Stanford
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University expedited review approved the study; and the University of
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California, San Diego certified the study as exempt from review. Twelve
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in-depth interviews of 50-100 minutes in duration were completed.
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Preliminary analyses indicate one key theme is a tension resulting from
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finite time divided between demands from a physician career and demands
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from family needs. In turn, this results in constant boundary control
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between these life domains that are inextricable and seemingly competing
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against each other within a finite space; family needs impinge on
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planned career goals, if the boundary between them is not carefully
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managed. To remedy this, women sought resources to help them
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redistribute home responsibilities, freeing themselves to have more
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time, especially for children. Women similarly sought resources to help
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with career advancement, although not with regard to time directly, but
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to first address foundational knowledge gaps about career milestones and
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how to achieve them.
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Conclusions: Preliminary results provide initial insights about how
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women identify or activate a career shift and how they marshaled
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resources and support to navigate barriers they faced. Further analyses
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are continuing as of March 2022 and are expected to be completed by June
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2022. The dissemination plan includes peer-reviewed open-access journal
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publication of the results and presentation at the annual meeting of the
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American Medical Association''s Women Physicians Section.'
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affiliation: 'Leung, TI (Corresponding Author), Maastricht Univ, Care \& Publ Hlth
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Res Inst, Postbus 5800, NL-6202 AZ Maastricht, Netherlands.
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Leung, Tiffany, I, Maastricht Univ, Care \& Publ Hlth Res Inst, Postbus 5800, NL-6202
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AZ Maastricht, Netherlands.
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Leung, Tiffany, I, Southern Illinois Univ, Dept Internal Med Adjunct, Sch Med, Springfield,
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IL USA.
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Wang, Karen H., Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, New Haven, CT USA.
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Wang, Karen H., Yale Sch Med, Med Informat Ctr, New Haven, CT USA.
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Lin, Tammy L., Univ Calif San Diego Hlth Sci, Dept Med voluntary, San Diego, CA
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USA.
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Gin, Geneen T., Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Family Med \& Publ Hlth, Sch Med, La
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Jolla, CA USA.
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Pendharkar, S., Jersey City Med Ctr, Div Hosp Med, Jersey City, NJ USA.
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Chen, Chwen-Yuen Angie, Stanford Univ, Dept Primary Care \& Populat Hlth, Palo Alto,
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CA USA.'
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article-number: e38126
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author: Leung I, Tiffany and Wang, Karen H. and Lin, Tammy L. and Gin, Geneen T. and
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Pendharkar, S. and Chen, Chwen-Yuen Angie
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author-email: t.leung@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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author_list:
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- family: Leung I
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given: Tiffany
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- family: Wang
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given: Karen H.
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- family: Lin
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given: Tammy L.
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- family: Gin
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given: Geneen T.
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- family: Pendharkar
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given: S.
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- family: Chen
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given: Chwen-Yuen Angie
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.2196/38126
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files: []
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issn: 1929-0748
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journal: JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
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keywords: 'gender equity; women physician; female physicians; career development;
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professional development; career pipeline; leaky pipeline; mid-career
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physicians; early-career physicians; physician; healthcare profession;
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peer support; physician perspective; physician experience; professional
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learning; healthcare; health care; healthcare education; career support;
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gender equality; gender bias; healthcare learning'
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keywords-plus: 'ACADEMIC MEDICINE; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; WORK; FACULTY; RATES; CHALLENGES;
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RESIDENCY; ATTRITION; INSIGHTS; LEAVE'
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language: English
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month: JUN
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number: '6'
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number-of-cited-references: '59'
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orcid-numbers: 'Leung, Tiffany I./0000-0002-6007-4023
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Gin, Geneen/0000-0001-8438-5830
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Chen, Chwen-Yuen Angie/0000-0002-7207-598X'
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papis_id: 76492696c42a097b635f18590b9b2b1a
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ref: Leungi2022womenphysicians
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researcherid-numbers: 'Leung, Tiffany I./K-8472-2019
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Women Physicians in Transition Learning to Navigate the Pipeline from Early
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to Mid-Career: Protocol for a Qualitative Study'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000809657600008
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '5'
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volume: '11'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Health Care Sciences \& Services; Public, Environmental
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\& Occupational
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Health'
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year: '2022'
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