Teaching Center, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2023 Apr;173(5-6):125-130. doi: 10.1007/s10354-022-00961-y. Epub 2022 Sep 2.
More and more women chose medicine as their profession. Female students and graduates outnumber their male colleagues in Austria and the EU. However, the career paths of men and women differ after a certain point, and more and more female talent is lost along the career stages. Women hold only 30% of professor positions at state medical universities in Austria and only 11.9% of all chief physicians are female. Motherhood and related absence is the main career obstacle, but gender bias and missing role models are also factors hindering women to thrive. Improved working conditions would be beneficial for all members of the medical profession. Future generations (Generation Y, Generation Z) will likely expedite changes toward a better work-life balance and claim the right to find fulfillment besides work. Compatibility of family and work and the chance to individualize career paths could be important factors for employers to find and bind their employees. Additionally, (gender) diverse teams improve the group process and collective intelligence. Therefore, patient care and innovation can only benefit from a diverse medical workforce.
越来越多的女性选择医学作为职业。在奥地利和欧盟，女学生和女毕业生的数量超过了男同事。然而，在某个特定阶段之后，男女的职业道路就会有所不同，越来越多的女性人才会在职业发展中流失。在奥地利的国立医科大学，女性仅占据 30%的教授职位，而所有主任医师中仅有 11.9%是女性。成为母亲和相关的休假是主要的职业障碍，但性别偏见和缺乏榜样也是阻碍女性发展的因素。改善工作条件将有益于医疗行业的所有成员。未来几代人（Y 世代和 Z 世代）可能会加快实现更好的工作与生活平衡的步伐，并要求在工作之外找到实现自我的权利。家庭与工作的兼容性以及个性化职业道路的机会可能是雇主找到并留住员工的重要因素。此外，（性别）多样化的团队可以改善团队流程和集体智慧。因此，多样化的医疗劳动力只会使患者护理和创新受益。
