Unveiling the obstacles encountered by women doctors in the Pakistani healthcare system: A qualitative investigation.

ABSTRACT: In Pakistan, women outnumber men in medical colleges with 80 percent enrollment, yet many fail to practice medicine following graduation. Pakistan Medical Council (PMC) states 50 percent of graduated women doctors either did not practice or left employment in a short period. Thus, the non-servicing women doctors are assumed as the one of the major causes for the overall doctors' shortage in the country. Addressing this enduring matter, this study aims to explore and understand the factors that discourage women doctors from practicing medicine in Pakistani hospitals. The study employed qualitative exploratory inquiry with an interpretive paradigm to attain a deeper understanding of the problem. 59-semi structured interviews were conducted by non-working women doctors across the entirety of

SUBMITTER: Raza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10553294 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature