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 Mentorship in the surgical field has been increasingly recognized as a crucial
component of career success. Distance mentorship models may be utilized to overcome …

Objective: To determine differences in entrustable professional activity (EPA) assessments
between male and female general surgery residents. Summary Background Data …

Background Violence and discrimination are common events at work, especially in health
care. Moreover, such workplace experiences are considered to have negative impacts and …

Background: Literature regarding ergonomic protocols for surgery is lacking, and there is a
paucity of information on how this impacts on gender differences with regards to the barriers …

OBJECTIVE A meta-analysis was performed to understand disparities in the representation
of female authorship within the neurosurgical literature and implications for career …

Background: Over the past twenty years explicit gender bias toward women in surgery has
been replaced by more subtle barriers, which represent indirect forms of discrimination and …

Background Women are underrepresented at higher levels of promotion or leadership
despite the increasing number of women physicians. In surgery, this has been compounded …

Background: Only 13.6% of orthopaedic surgeons in Canada are women, even though there
is nothing inherent to the practice of orthopaedic surgery that favors men over women …

Background Surgeon shortages have emerged as a prominent global issue. Although
various studies have explored the factors that influence medical students in choosing …