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Education & Educational Research
Liangru Zhou, Bingjie Liu, Wenqi Fu, Wenhao Wu, Yan Wang, Peiyan Ju, Xin Zhang, Guoxiang Liu
Summary: Gender bias plays a significant role in the career choices of Chinese medical students, and witnessing gender bias reduces females' willingness to pursue a career in surgery.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Ayla Gerk, Leticia Campos, Abbie Naus, Isabella Faria, Alexandra M. Buda, Carolina B. Moura, Mariana Graner, Maria Luiza Cazumba, Tayana Assomptia Jean Pierre, Laura Pompermaier, Paul Truche, Alaska Pendleton, Alexis N. Bowder, Julia Loyola Ferreira
Summary: This study investigated the impact of gender-based discrimination on career selection and well-being of medical students in Brazil, as well as their access to mentorship. The results showed that many students experienced gender-based discrimination, which had moderate to severe impacts on their career satisfaction, safety, self-confidence, well-being, and burnout. Only a small percentage of students had mentors.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Kevin A. Hao, Shengyi Fu, Saleem Islam, Shawn D. Larson, Moiz M. Mustafa, Robin T. Petroze, Janice A. Taylor
Summary: The interactions with attending and resident physicians during clinical rotations have a significant influence on medical students' career choices, especially for those pursuing surgical careers. Residents have a greater influence compared to attendings, particularly for students pursuing general surgery. Finding a role model and perceiving a personality fit are considered the most important factors in their specialty decision.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Roy Adar, Rotem Kahalon, Johannes Ullrich, Arnon Afek, Vered H. Eisenberg
Summary: The field of medicine is characterized by gender segregation, as women doctors receive lower scores in fields with a low representation of women, while men doctors receive higher scores in fields with a high representation of men.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Ying-Jian Zhang, Kai Yuan, Su-Hua Chang, Wei Yan, Jian-Yu Que, Jia-Hui Deng, Yi-Miao Gong, Jia-Ming Luo, Shi-Chang Yang, Cui-Xia An, Yi-Min Kang, Hua-Shan Xu, Yi-Ming Wang, Li-Fang Zhang, Wen-Fang Zhang, Yin-Li Song, Dong-Wu Xu, Huan-Zhong Liu, Wen-Qiang Wang, Chuan-Xin Liu, Wen-Qiong Yang, Liang Zhou, Jiu-Bo Zhao, Miao-Yu Yu, Jun-Yu Chen, Hong Tang, Juan Peng, Xiu-Jun Zhang, Yong Xu, Ning Zhang, Li Kuang, Zhan-Jiang Li, Yu-Hua Wang, Jie Shi, Mao-Sheng Ran, Yan-Ping Bao, Le Shi, Lin Lu
Summary: More than half of medical students majoring in psychiatry planned to choose psychiatry as their career, while very few clinical medicine students would make this choice. Increasing students' interest in psychiatry, strengthening psychiatry clerkships, and popularizing psychiatric knowledge are modifiable factors to increase the psychiatry career intention.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Maud Kramer, Ide C. Heyligers, Karen D. Konings
Summary: This study found the existence of implicit gender-career bias in doctors working in PGMT, with a stronger bias associating males with career and females with family. Women and residents showed stronger gender-career bias.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Juliette A. Meyer, Charlotte J. W. Connell, Sarah Rennie, Antonia C. Verstappen, Phillippa J. Poole
Summary: Women in Surgery in Aotearoa New Zealand (AoNZ) are underrepresented. This study examined the interest in surgical careers by gender in the early postgraduate years and the influencing factors. The results showed that there was a lower preference for surgery among women compared to men, both at graduation and three years later. Factors such as specialty nature, training requirements, lifestyle, family, and personal factors differed between women and men, as well as between women with a surgical preference and those with a non-surgical preference at PGY3. To increase the proportion of women in Surgery, a comprehensive approach is needed starting from medical school and continuing through the early postgraduate years.
ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Alexandra M. Giantini Larsen, Susan Pories, Sareh Parangi, Faith C. Robertson
Summary: The study revealed that despite gender equality in medical schools, women are still undervalued in the field of surgery and are more likely to face discouragement based on gender, age, and family aspirations. Additionally, concerns about balancing work hours and personal life, especially marriage and childbearing, significantly deter more women than men from pursuing a career in surgery.
Review
Anesthesiology
J. Critchley, M. Schwarz, R. Baruah
Summary: In the UK, the proportion of female medical students has remained stable, but only 36.6% of doctors at consultant level are women. This article discusses issues affecting female medical workforce, including gender stereotypes and implicit gender bias.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Stefan Ferdinand Hertling, David Alexander Back, Britt Wildemann, Ekkehard Schleussner, Mario Kaiser, Isabel Graul
Summary: Mentoring programs have a positive impact on students' career planning, but the participation of surgical specialties is low. Increasing the availability of mentoring programs, with a special focus on women and more surgical content, can help address the shortage of surgical trainees.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Eva Pfarrwaller, Lionel Voirol, Mucyo Karemera, Stephane Guerrier, Anne Baroffio
Summary: This study examines the stability of medical students' career intentions and the associations with individual characteristics. It finds that most students fall between the extremes of being firmly committed and undecided in their career decisions. External factors may be more influential than personal characteristics in driving these fluctuations. The findings suggest potential avenues for supporting students in their career decision-making.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Carter McInnis, Hamza Asif, Stephen Mann, Andrea Winthrop
Summary: This study examines the impact of the Surgical Skills and Technology Elective Program (SSTEP) on career decisions of preclinical medical students. The results indicate that participating students are more likely to engage in procedural opportunities during clerkship and feel more confident in performing procedural tasks. Some students reported that the program influenced their decision to pursue a procedural career. Additionally, data shows that SSTEP participants have a higher match rate into procedural specialties.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Alisha R. Pershad, Mohammad S. Kidwai, Ciara A. Lugo, Esther Lee, Neelima Tummala, Punam Thakkar
Summary: This systematic review evaluates the factors influencing female, gender and sexual minority (GSM), and underrepresented in medicine (URiM)-identifying medical students' decision to pursue a career in a surgical subspecialty. The findings indicate that exposure to surgery, mentorship, and surgical lifestyle are the key influencing factors for female medical students. URiM medical students are more influenced by mentorship, culture and diversity, research opportunities, and personality fit. Identity acceptance and experiences of discrimination and bias greatly impact the career choices of GSM medical students.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Limor Y. Tabo, Dan Greenberg, Yosef S. Haviv, Klaris Riesenberg, Lior Nesher
Summary: This study found a strong association between early publication and the number, impact, and quality of publications throughout physicians' academic career. It highlights the need for further investigations into the causes of gender discrepancies. Investment in support programs encouraging early high quality research projects for young physicians and female graduates is warranted.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Katherine Gavinski, Erin Cleveland, Aashish K. Didwania, Joseph M. Feinglass, Melanie S. Sulistio
Summary: This study reveals that male internal medicine residents have higher self-reported confidence in certain areas compared to female residents, and this difference is associated with their career choices.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Kimia Sorouri, Dale J. Podolsky, Annie M. Q. Wang, David M. Fisher, Karen W. Wong, Thomas Looi, James M. Drake, Christopher R. Forrest
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
(2018)
Article
Surgery
Nada Gawad, Linden K. Head, Connor McGuire, Antonio Gangemi, Katie Garland, Kimia Sorouri, Alexander Lachapelle, James T. Rutka
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2019)
Review
Surgery
Karen Y. Chung, Kimia Sorouri, Lily Wang, Tanishq Suryavanshi, David Fisher
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN
(2019)