Happy Mother's Day, With Love From the ABPN

I was angry at a system of residency training that lacks an infrastructure to provide women flexibility in completing residency at their own pace, often forcing female residents to choose between devoting time to their careers and caring for their children. [...] most of all, I was angry at psychiatry, a discipline that should have insight into the emotional and practical challenges facing female physicians yet still seems to lack an appreciation for the conflict between being good-enough mothers and good-enough doctors. [...] did anyone consider the female patients who participated in the interview process? I suspect many of them are similar to the patient I interviewed, a single mother struggling to care for her children while battling substance abuse and mood swings, women who lack many opportunities to have their maternal efforts supported, let alone acknowledged and celebrated.