Table 7 Reasons to reenter active medicine, by gender a
From: A national survey of 'inactive' physicians in the United States of America: enticements to reentry
| Â | Not Currently Activeb | Reentered | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Reasons to consider becoming active in medicine again | Reasons reentered active medicine | ||||||
| Â | Female (N = 248) | Male (N = 250) | Female (N = 114) | Male (n = 112) | ||||
| Â | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) |
Availability of part-time work or flexible scheduling | 57.7e | (143) | 41.6 | (104) | 54.4c | (62) | 41.1 | (46) |
Financial need | 42.7 | (106) | 41.2 | (103) | 28.1 | (32) | 36.6 | (41) |
Desire to provide volunteer services | 41.5 | (103) | 35.2 | (88) | 7.9 | (9) | 8.0 | (9) |
Change in family or personal circumstances | 53.2e | (132) | 30.0 | (75) | 43.9e | (50) | 17.9 | (20) |
Responding to a need in the community | 35.9 | (89) | 37.6 | (94) | 12.3 | (14) | 21.4 | (24) |
Miss caring for patients | 37.1 | (92) | 34.8 | (87) | 37.7 | (43) | 27.7 | (31) |
Miss colleagues/practice environment | 23.4 | (58) | 22.0 | (55) | 28.1c | (32) | 17.0 | (19) |
Want to pursue a new challenge or new area of medicine | 23.4 | (58) | 16.8 | (42) | 9.6 d | (11) | 24.1 | (27) |
Boredom/Too much free time on my hands | 17.7 | (44) | 16.4 | (41) | 12.3 | (14) | 14.3 | (16) |
An opportunity to change my specialty/subspecialty with relative ease | 21.0e | (52) | 9.6 | (24) | 11.4 | (13) | 8.0 | (9) |
An opportunity with less administrative responsibility | 5.6 | (4) | 10.0 | (25) | 5.3 d | (6) | 16.1 | (18) |
Other | 23.4 | (58) | 26.8 | (67) | 14.9 | (17) | 23.2 | (26) |
Nothing | 2.8 | (7) | 4.0 | (10) | n/a | Â | n/a | Â |