Background Despite the increasing numbers of female medical students, surgery remains
male-dominated. Purpose To highlight the principal career obstacles experienced by …

Objective: This study aims to summarize the evidence concerning the barriers that exist to
the career progression of women in surgery and to provide potential solutions to overcome …

BACKGROUND: Women are increasingly entering the medical studies. We aim to
investigate surgical residents' career decision making among surgical residents and to …

OBJECTIVE Despite greater female than male-identifying Canadian medical graduates,
women continued to be underrepresented in surgical specialties. The aim of this study was …

Background Previous literature has explored the underrepresentation of women in surgery.
However, this research has often been quantitative or limited by considering only the …

Despite the dramatically increased entry of women into general surgery and surgical
subspecialties, traditionally male-dominated fields, there remains a gross under …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to describe the gender disparity in surgery by
highlighting the disparate treatment and experiences of women and men in both surgical …

Background Women represent roughly 50% of US medical students and one third of US
surgery residents. Within academic surgery departments, however, women are …

Women make up an increasing proportion of students entering the medical profession.
Before 1970, women represented 6% or less of the medical student population. In drastic …

Objectives We aim to investigate the reasons that medical students and junior doctors who
are women are less likely to pursue a career in surgery compared with their male …