Still Exhausted: The Role of Residual Caregiving Fatigue on Women in Medicine and Science Across the Pipeline

J Med Internet Res. 2023 Jun 14:25:e47629. doi: 10.2196/47629.

Abstract

Understanding the impact of caregiving responsibilities on women in medicine is crucial for ensuring a healthy and intact workforce, as caregiving responsibilities have the potential to affect the careers of women in health care along the entire pipeline, from students and trainees to physicians, physician-scientists, and biomedical researchers.

Keywords: burden; burnout; caregiver; caregiving; child; childcare; eldercare; elderly; exhaustion; family care; gerontology; informal care; older adult; older adults; professional; stress; survey; unpaid care; women; women in medicine.

MeSH terms

  • Fatigue
  • Female
  • Health Status
  • Humans
  • Medicine*
  • Physicians*
  • Research Personnel