African American female physicians in South Carolina: role models and career satisfaction.

Autor: McFarland FK; Department of Medicine, South Carolina Honors College, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29203, USA., Smith JA, West AC, Rhoades RD
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Southern medical journal [South Med J] 2000 Oct; Vol. 93 (10), pp. 982-5.
Abstrakt: Background: This study examined the factors that influenced African American women to select medicine as a career and their satisfaction with their career choice.
Methods: Of 132 African American female physicians in South Carolina, 62 responded to a survey of open-ended questions about why they chose medicine, what they liked and disliked about their career, and who influenced their decision to become a physician.
Results: The majority chose medicine for altruistic reasons and found that medicine provided challenge and the opportunity to make a positive difference. Family members, teachers, and physicians served as the common external influences in their decision to become a physician. Managed care, paper work, and time demands constituted the most disliked aspects of medicine.
Conclusion: Altruistic reasons and/or an interest in science motivated most of these African American female physicians to study medicine. Family members most often were their principal role models.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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