Interesting video about work-life balance…..
VOCABULARY
Make unbelievable strides – Make incredible progress
When it comes to – With regard to
GPs – General Practicioners (Médicos de Familia)
Be underrepresented – Not present or shown in sufficient numbers
Senior and Executive Management – Directors
CEO -Chief Executive Officer
Make choices – Select from among options
Work-life balance – Work–life balance is the term used to describe the balance that an individual needs between time allocated for work and other aspects of life.
The Opt-Out Revolution – A 2003 article about high-powered women who choose to leave the workplace for motherhood.
High-powered – Highly capable
Hit the glass ceiling – Limit on ability to raise in work hierarchy
But at any rate – Anyway, in any case
Societal barriers – Obstructions relating to society
Cutting-edge research into sth – Advanced, forefront research
To shed some light on – Clarify, explain
Ambition erodes over time – Destroy or undermine slowly
Drop out of surgical training – Leave, abandon surgical training
The biological clock – Maturation and decline of fertility
It pertains to students – Relate, be relevant to students
Operating theatre – Room where surgery is performed
Night shifts – Nocturnal work period
Midwifery – Assisting childbirth
To be irrespective of – Regardless of
What the payoff is for this – Bribe
Meritocratic – Based on individual merit
Inadvertently – Unintentionally
Exacerbate issues of identity and belonging – Intensify, worsen issues of identity and belonging
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