Claudia Schueller-Weidekamm, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
BACKGROUND: Female leadership in medicine is still disproportionately small, which might be due to the barriers of combining work and family. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was, first, to perform a strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis and, second, to create a strategic concept for career development. METHODS: In this study, all women in leadership positions in the health care system in Vienna, Austria, with at least 1 child (n = 8), were interviewed about the advantages and disadvantages of gender with regard to career development, the strengths and weaknesses of female leadership, and their work-life balance...
August 2012: Gender Medicine