Addressing the Gender Gap: How Physician Burnout Affects Female Pathologists

Female physicians report higher burnout rates compared to their male colleagues—48% versus 38%—according to a Medscape survey on physician burnout and depression released earlier this year. While female physicians may be reluctant to draw attention to gender-related differences, they do face different challenges than male physicians, explained Dr. Gina Drobena in a recent article in CAP Today on this topic: https://capatholo.gy/2pnTiH2. In this CAPcast interview, Dr. Drobena, who is the chief of pathology for the clinical laboratory at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, discusses how physician burnout impacts female pathologists and ways to confront and cope with these challenges.