WPC Project on Part-Time Hours for Physicians
The AMA Women Physicians Congress has partnered with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to explore issues pertaining to part-time/reduced hours employment for physicians. While part-time employment has been an option for physicians for years, recent studies are attempting to bring into sharper focus trends in this area and implications for physician workforce projections and policy. The AMA and the AAP Committee on Peditraic Workforce (COPW) Subcommittee on Women in Pediatrics added questions to the AMA Patient Care Physician Survey. These questions sought to obtain information on how part-time employment is defined, and if the respondents had ever worked part-time. The data demonstrated an increased interest in part-time/reduced hours of employment.
Articles on findings from AMA-WPC/AAP Project on Part-times Hours can be found here (please note that this link will take you off of the AMA Web site) in addition to the articles listed below:
Parkerton, PH, et.al. Effect of Part-time Practice on Patient Outcomes. J Gen Intern Med. 2003;18:717-724.
Cull, WH, et.al. Pediatricians Working Part-Time: Past, Present, and Future. Pediatrics. 2002;109(6):1015-1020.
"Pediatrics Leads Specialities in Number of Part-Time Physicians. "AAP News, September 2002.
