The purpose of this Review is to provide evidence for why gender equality in science,
medicine, and global health matters for health and health-related outcomes. We present a …

Objective This study was conducted to better understand the pervasive gender barriers
obstructing the progression of women in surgery by synthesising the perspectives of both …

Importance Surgeon sex is associated with differential postoperative outcomes, though the
mechanism remains unclear. Sex concordance of surgeons and patients may represent a …

Importance Sex-and gender-based differences in a surgeon's medical practice and
communication may be factors in patients' perioperative outcomes. Patients treated by …

Importance Previous studies have shown that medical student mistreatment is common.
However, few data exist to date describing how the prevalence of medical student …

• Gender inequity persists in medicine and medical academia in Canada, particularly in
leadership.• Greater gender equity has been shown to be better for health policy-making …

Background The gender gap in physician pay is often attributed in part to women working
fewer hours than men, but evidence to date is limited by self-report and a lack of detail …

Background ICES was founded in 1992 to study the health care system in Ontario and
promote effective, efficient and equitable health care. Over 27 years later, the goal remains …

Background There are notable disparities in the training, recruitment, promotion, and
evaluation of men and women in surgery. The qualitative assessment of surgical residents …

The gender composition of physician specialties varies dramatically with some becoming
increasingly female predominant while others remain overwhelmingly male. In their analysis …