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Article: Making their mark: Tupelo's women residents part of a growing healthcare trend.(Focus)
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 23, 2009
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Women have always been an important part of healthcare, but their role and leadership are growing as the number of women physicians increases. Nationwide, medical school enrollment is about equal among men and women. With eight men and eight women making up its current roster of family practice residents, North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo is proud to be on the leading edge of this trend.
Amber McIlwain, M.D., is a member of that group and points out that 51 percent of her 2008 graduating class at the University of Mississippi Medical Center was female. It was the first year the Jackson school graduated a class with a majority women.
"Women are ...