<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Derrer, Katerina Denediou</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Viewpoint: Female GPs and family life — still taboo</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">British Journal of General Practice</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014-05-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">249-249</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3399/bjgp14X679813</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">64</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">622</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The main reasons for females choosing general practice as a career, were, up until now, a short training programme and the prospect of no out-of-hours duties. Before the introduction of mandatory intercalated BSc and foundation years, a female medical student could hope to qualify as a GP aged 27 years. At the Medical Women’s Federation London meeting in November 2012, on ‘Taboo topics’, a medical student had interviewed female GPs to find out how many children they had and how long after completing GP training they had been when they had had their first child. A very small percentage, &lt;10%, had a child during GP training. The vast majority had their families after training. Now, with the 6 years of medical school, 2 years of foundation posts, and 5 years of specialty training, a young doctor would qualify as a GP aged 31 years at the very earliest. The 4 …</style></abstract></record></records></xml>