Taking Family Call: Understanding How Orthopaedic Surgeons Manage Home, Family, and Life Responsibilities

This study provides a quantitative breakdown of the hours of unwaged household work of male and female orthopaedic surgeons with and without children and asserts that although both male and female orthopaedic surgeons perform unwaged household work, women do substantially more than their male counterparts. Additional household responsibilities, or "family call," create an environment of competing priorities for female orthopaedic surgeons, which may reduce the time they have to devote to clinical duties and professional advancement.