Gender disparities during the transition into practice of newly trained surgeons: Are female surgeons left behind?

Female surgeons encounter well-known gender-based inequities such as lower salary, less professional promotion opportunities, underrepresentation in leadership positions, decreased scholarly productivity, more domestic and childrearing responsibilities, increased work-family conflicts leading to higher rate of divorce, depression, and burnout, sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Furthermore, despite evidence that female surgeons have equal or even slightly better patient outcomes than male surgeons,1 discriminatory perceptions of incompetence and distrust of the female surgeon's skills persist.

Source: American Journal of Surgery - December 23, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Priyanka Chugh, Katherine He, Naomi M. Sell, Allan Stolarski, Edward Whang, Gentian Kristo Tags: My Thoughts / My Surgical Pratice Source Type: research