This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at Capitol Weekly’s Conference on Women’s Health which was held on Thursday, September 28, 2023 This is Panel 3 – Women in the Health Care Workforce California faces a significant shortfall of healthcare staffing: nursing vacancy rates among local hospitals are over 30%. And the need for home healthcare workers is predicted to explode as the state’s population ages. Women dominate both those professions, but make up just 38% of doctors in California. How can we better prepare women for professions in healthcare? PANELISTS: Melissa D. Bauman, Ph.D., UC Davis Health Women in Medicine and Health Sciences; Beth Malinowski, SEIU California; Sunita Mutha, M.D., Healthforce Center at UCSF; Tanya W. Spirtos, M.D., California Medical Association Moderated by Angela Hart, KFF Health News A full transcript of this discussion may be found at: https://capitolweekly.net/womens-health-women-in-the-health-care-workforce/
This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at Capitol Weekly’s Conference on Women’s Health which was held on Thursday, September 28, 2023
This is Panel 3 – Women in the Health Care Workforce
California faces a significant shortfall of healthcare staffing: nursing vacancy rates among local hospitals are over 30%. And the need for home healthcare workers is predicted to explode as the state’s population ages. Women dominate both those professions, but make up just 38% of doctors in California. How can we better prepare women for professions in healthcare?
PANELISTS: Melissa D. Bauman, Ph.D., UC Davis Health Women in Medicine and Health Sciences; Beth Malinowski, SEIU California; Sunita Mutha, M.D., Healthforce Center at UCSF; Tanya W. Spirtos, M.D., California Medical Association
Moderated by Angela Hart, KFF Health News
A full transcript of this discussion may be found at: https://capitolweekly.net/womens-health-women-in-the-health-care-workforce/