ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie2018
A solution to gender inequity in surgery? Better caregiving policies.
Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Medical Students' Perspectives on Family Planning and Impact on Specialty Choice.JAMA surgery · 2024Article
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- Is student mentoring career-defining in surgical disciplines? A comparative survey among medical schools and medical students for mentoring programs.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- The role of gender in the decision to pursue a surgical career: A qualitative, interview-based study.Canadian medical education journal · 2020Article
- The relationship between gender, parenthood and practice intentions among family medicine residents: cross-sectional analysis of national Canadian survey data.Human resources for health · 2019Article
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Abstract
summaryAttitudes toward women in surgery appear to be shifting in a positive direction. Why, then, do women still represent only 27% of surgeons in Canada? The answer may, at least in part, lie in the field's inability to adequately accommodate caregiving duties, which are still disproportionately "women's responsibilities" in our society. Although most Canadian academic centres now have paid maternity leave policies for trainees and faculty, these do not necessarily apply to surgeons working in the community, nor do they always reflect what occurs in practice. The perceived inability of the field to accommodate both personal and professional duties is often a significant deterrent to young women considering a career in surgery. In this commentary, we explore the need to address the "caregiver problem" as an important step toward achieving gender equity in surgery.
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