Importance Despite women composing half of current medical school classes, surgical
specialties still struggle to attract and retain women. Even after successful recruitment into …

Objective To characterise the contributing factors that affect medical students' subspecialty
choice and to estimate the extent of influence of individual factors on the students' decision …

Importance Few data exist on internal medicine trainees' selection of cardiology training,
although this is important for meeting future cardiology workforce needs. Objective To …

BACKGROUND:: The relationships of working hours and nights on call per week with
various parameters of distress among practicing surgeons have not been previously …

Background Surgical education is evolving under the dual pressures of an enlarging body of
knowledge required during residency and mounting work-hour restrictions. Changes in …

OBJECTIVE Although women account for 50% of medical school graduates, less than 30%
of neurosurgery residency applicants and less than 10% of neurosurgeons are female. In …

Objectives Recruiting medical students to cardiothoracic surgery is critical given new
training paradigms and projected cardiothoracic surgeon shortages. This study …

Acute health care environments can be stressful settings with clinicians experiencing
deleterious effects of burnout and compassion fatigue affecting their mental health …

Background Given the expected increase in those entering retirement, the number of
practising physicians is predicted to decrease. Conversely, the number of physicians …

Objective Although over half of medical students are females, women comprise only 21% of
cardiothoracic (CT) surgery residency applicants and 5% of the CT workforce. We sought to …