Lead author: Amrapali Maitra
Submitted by: Janice Radway, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

In anecdotal reports from residency retreats, female residents described a high frequency and negative impact of interruptive behavior by male colleagues. The authors sought to characterize interruptions during residency teaching conferences by gender. The results are eye-opening.

Read the full article in Journal of the American Medical Association here.

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