It’s well known that there are longevity advantages to higher education and income, however a recent study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers Christopher M. Worsham, MD, MPH, and Anupam “Bapu” Jena, MD, PhD demonstrated that female physicians don’t reap those benefits. Neither do Black doctors.
Black women physicians were shown to have the highest mortality rate in the profession.
A recent AAMC article reporting on the study also touches on other gender inequities, including female physicians’ excessive burnout and home responsibilities, experience of sexual harassment, likelihood to quit medicine, as well as their lower pay.
Check out the AAMC piece with more details here.
