Prepared for the

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Pediatric Residents Attitudes about Part-Time or
Reduced-Hours Positions

• Prepared for the
• Committee on Pediatric Workforce
• Subcommittee on Women in Pediatrics
• by the
• AAP Division of Health Policy Research

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Study Overview

• AAP has surveyed 3rd Year Categorical Pediatrics
  Residents about their job search experiences each
  of the last 4 years.
• 500 residents are randomly selected each year.
• Results are based on returned surveys from 71 of
  the residents surveyed in 2000.

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Residents Gender by Survey Year
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Characteristics of Third Year Residents by Gender
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Residents Consideration of Part-Time or
Reduced-Hours Positions


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Future Interest in Part-Time or Reduced-Hours
Position (Male MDs)
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Future Interest in Part-Time or Reduced-Hours
Position (Female MDs)

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How would you use your extra time if you were to
arrange a part-time of reduced-hours position?




Note Results are based on responses from those
who reported some interest in a
part-time/reduced-hours position. Residents
could mark more than one category.
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Barriers to Seeking Part-Time or Reduced-Hours
Employment


Note Residents could mark more than one
category.
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Barriers to Seeking Part-Time or Reduced-Hours
Employment (Cont.)


Note Residents could mark more than one
category.
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Have your spouses/partners career plans, or
your family situation, limited your selection of
positions?

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Conclusions

• Over 60 of pediatrics residents are women.
• Women residents were significantly more likely to
  consider and to accept part-time or reduced-hours
  positions.
• Although only 14 of women accepted these
  positions, 79 of women had some interest in
  arranging a part-time or reduced-hours position.
  (Only 33 of men had some interest.)

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Conclusions (cont.)

• Over 90 of the women interested in arranging a
  part-time position would spend their extra time
  with their children.
• The most frequently reported barriers to seeking
  part-time employment were loss of income,
  reduction in benefits, and loan repayment.
• Women were significantly more likely than men to
  report that their spouses career plan or their
  family situation limited their selection of
  positions.

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Study Limitations

• Results are restricted to the views of residents
  and they may not be consistent with those of
  practicing physicians.

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Implications

• More women than men are entering pediatrics
  residencies, are interested in primary care
  medicine, and are interested in part-time or
  reduced-hours positions.
• Primary care practices may need to make changes
  to better accommodate pediatricians interest in
  part-time or reduced-hours work.
• The importance of part-time employment for the
  pediatrics workforce will continue to be a focus
  of the AAP Women in Pediatrics Subcommittee.