Traditionally women were believed to be more suited to domestic work and social jobs. Over the past decades this has changed and women have been slowly accepted in other fields including the medical field.
Women have not only joined this field but have also succeeded in excelling and joining the rest of the top performers in this field (Pfafflin and Anne P. 11). Women are no longer serving the community in the social responsibilities but also in the scientific world. They are now in parity with the men who are joining and graduating from medical schools. This is a new trend as compared to the past when most of the medical schools had very few or no female students (Hamel Julie Elizabeth andCaren P. 310).This paper will discuss the progress of US women in the medical field. It will compare the past and the current trends in medical practice by women. It will illustrate how women have reversed their roles in the society to serve the communities better and improve the quality of life.
The progress of women in medicine United States
Medical profession used to be a male dominated profession until recently when it is started undergoing drastic changes to become a womansfield. This has resulted to positive changes because the understaffing issues experienced are now solved;women are also more represented by people who understand them better. This has also been attributed to the fact that the field offers a wider variety of options that an individual can take. It is also convenient for women because the medical filed allows them to balance between career and their families.This flexibility nature of this profession has greatly contributed to the increased number of women doctors. This trend is predicted to remain in the foreseeable future because more women are developing interest in this field as compared to their male counterparts. Women made up to 57% of the number of applicants for medical schools in 2009. They also made up 40% of all doctors; this means they will increase in future considering the increased numbers of new entrants in medical schools. Theirs is an increasing trend unlike the mens figures which keep fluctuating making it impossible to determine their trend. In 1991 the number of women in the medical field was 50% this is the year when the two groups became proportional. Since this time the number of women has gained a steady increase and it is expected that in future women will be the dominant gender in this filed(Elston P. 1).
According to a study done by the Gallup organization the number of women in the medical field has been increasing over the years.A study done in 1950 revealed that people preferred to recommend young men for a medical career than young women. In this study only two per cent would recommend young women while the rest would not. This was repeated in 1985 and the numbers of those recommending young men declined by 10% while the one for young women increased by 10%. In 1988 the situation reversed and the number of people that would recommend young women was more than that for young men. Today a medicine career for young women is the leading recommendation and this is more than all the other fields. This shows that the idea of women in medical profession is not only a affair but it has been generally accepted by the society. This suggests that the situation will be better in future and they may end up dominating the field. They have been involved in research on reproductive health issues and complications associated with the female health. They have been motivated to excel in this profession by the results that are achieved when issues affecting women health are solved (Boulis and Jerry p. 1).
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