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American Medical News. Quick View- Part-time doctors. AMNews, May 5, 2008.

American Academy of Pediatrics. Balancing act: Studies explore part-time employment trends among physicians, including barriers to working fewer hours. (AAP News, Sept. 2002). Available on the AAP Women in Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Workforce Web site.

American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics leads specialties in number of part-time physicians. (AAP News, Sept. 2002). Available on the AAP Women in Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Workforce Web site.

American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatricians working part-time: Past, present, and future. (Pediatrics, June 2002). Available on the AAP Women in Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Workforce Web site .

American Society of Anesthesiologists. Bierstein K. Creative scheduling for anesthesiologists: physician retention in a tight market (Part II, Designing a part time work system). ASA Newsletter 2003 May;67(5).

Bonar, JW, Watson, JA, Koester, LS. Sex differences in career and family plans of medical students. JAMWA 1982;37:300-3, 308.

Brodell RT. The role of the part time physician teacher in dermatology. Archives of Dermatology 1996 July;132(7). Abstract on PubMed.

Carr PL, Gareis KC, Barnett RC. Characteristics and outcomes for women physicians who work reduced hours. Journal of Women's Health 2003;12(4). Accessed on Medscape.com (requires Medscape User name and password).

Chertoff JD, Bird CE, Amick BC. Career paths in diagnostic radiology: scope and effect of part time work. Radiology 2001;221.

Corwin V, Lawrence, TB, Frost PJ. Five strategies of successful part-time work.  Havard Business Review July-Aug. 2001;121-127.

Croasdale, M. Older physicians trim hours in lieu of retiring. American Medical News. March 17, 2008.

Cujec B, Johnson D. A parent and a doctor. Can Med Assoc J 2000;163:697.

Cull WL, Caspary, G, Olson, LM.  Many pediatric residents seek and obtain part-time positins. Pediatrics.  Vol. 121 No. 2. Feb. 2008 pp. 276-281.

Draznin J. The “mommy tenure track.” Acad Med 2004;79:289-290.

Fairchild DG, McLoughlin KS, Gharib S, Horsky J, et al. Productivity, quality, and patient satisfaction: comparison of part-time and full-time primary care physicians. J Gen Int Med 2001;16:663-7.

Fein OT, Garfield R. Impact of physicians’ part-time status on inpatients’ use of medical care and their satisfaction with physicians in an academic group practice. Acad Med 1991;66:694.

Greene, J. Growing number of Locum tenens doctors strive for simpler life. American Medical News, Jan 29,2001.

Hannapel C. Women MDs strive for work/home balance: lack of role models or understanding still an obstacle. The Medical Post 2002 March 12;38(10).

Johnson LJ. Malpractice consult: liability when a doc is part time. Medical Economics 2003 Sept. 19;80.

Kalogredis VJ. Part time practice options for physicians. Physician's News Digest 2001 June.

Kahn JA, Degen SJ, Mansour ME, Goodman E,  Zeller MH, Laor T, Lanphear NE, and Boat TF. Pediatric faculty members' attitudes about part-time faculty position and policies to support part-time faculty: A study at one medical center. Academic Medicine 2005; 80:931-939.

Leonhirth J. Road warriers:locum tenens lets younger docs sample career options. Modern Physician 2000 Sept. 1.

Levinson W, Kaufman K, Bickel J. Part time faculty in academic medicine: present status and future challenges. Annals of Internal Medicine 1993 Aug. 1;119(3).

Linzer M, Visser MR, Oort FJ, Smets EM, McMurray JE, dehases HC for the Society of General Internal Medicine CSSG. Predicting and preventing physician burnout: results from the United States and the Netherlands. Am J Med 2004;79:319-25.

Maresh, OK. Part-time practice: making it work. Family Practice Management 2004:11(6);35.

Massachusettes Medical Society Online. Riley E. Part time practice: a quality of life choice. Vital Signs 2002 May.
http://www.massmed.org/vitalsigns/may02/pm1.html

Murray A. Gelb SD, et al. Part-time physicians. Arch Fam Med 2000;9:327-332.

Oliva, J. Retooling today’s practices to accommodate part-time physicians. The Physician Executive. 2005:Jan.-Feb.;56-59.

Parkerton PH, Wagner EH, Smith DG, Straley HL. Effect of part time practice on patient outcomes. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2003;18(9). Accessed on Medscape.com (requires Medscape User name and password.)

Phillips, SP. Parenting, puppies, and practice: juggling and gender in medicine. Can Med Assoc J 2000;162:663-664.

Porter S. FPs praise part-time practice. FPReport 2001:7(6).

Potee RA, et.al. Medicine and motherhood: shifting trends among female physicians from 1922 to 1999. Acad Med, 1999; 74:911-919.

Procter, C. Flex appeal: It's all in the planning. American Medical News. August 13, 2007.

Riley, E. Part-time practice: A quality-of-life choice. Vitalsigns. 2002. May.

Schwartz SD. Factors contributing to market differences in physician compensation: highlights of AMGA's 2002 medical group compensation & productivity survey. Group Practice Journal 2002 September;51(8). Adobe Reader required.
http://www.amga.org/Publications/GPJ/Articles/CoverStories/coverStorySept02_gpj.pdf

Shafer A. Reflections of a part-time physician. Acad Med 2004; 79:357.

Socolar RS, Kelman LS, Lannon CM, Lohr JA. Institutional policies of US medical schools regarding tenure, promotion, and benefits for part-time faculty. Acad Med 2000;75:846-9.

Walpert B. Working part time: can it fit into your practice? ACP-ASIM Observer 2002;July-Aug.

Weiss GG. Making "part time" work for everyone. Medical Economics 2004 Sept 3;81.

Worzniak, MJ, Chadwell, M. A job-share model for the new millennium. Family Practice Management 2002:9(8);29.