ArticleMedical education online2024
Short-time mentoring - enhancing female medical students' intentions toward surgical careers.
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- Early exposure to a career in surgery through a hands-on robotics seminar for teenage girls.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Gender-based disparities in self-reported procedural experience: a cross-sectional survey of medical students in Poland.Postepy w kardiologii interwencyjnej = Advances in interventional cardiology · 2025Article
- Exploring the impact of surgery interest groups on medical students' career choices in low- and middle-income countries: a case study of the Khyber Medical College Surgery Interest Group.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Mentorship in Plastic Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature and Elucidation of Recurring Themes.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundWomen pursuing a career in surgery or related disciplines are still in the minority, despite the fact that women compose at least half of the medical student population in most Western countries. Thus, recruiting and retaining female surgeons remains an important challenge to meet the need for surgeons and increase the quality of care. The participations were female medical students between their third and fifth academic year. In this study, we applied the well-established psychological theory of planned behavior (TPB) which suggests that the intention to perform a behavior (e.g. pursuing a career in surgery) is the most critical and immediate predictor of performing the behavior. We investigated whether a two-part short-mentoring seminar significantly increases students' intention to pursue a career in a surgical or related specialty after graduation.
methodThe mentoring and role-model seminar was conducted at 2 days for 90 minutes by six inspiring female role models with a remarkable career in surgical or related disciplines. Participants (
resultsThe mentoring seminar positively impacted female students' attitude towards a career in a surgical specialty. Female students reported a significantly increased positive attitude (
conclusionFor the first time we could show that short-mentoring and demonstrating role models in a seminar surrounding has a significant impact on female medical student decision´s to pursue a career in a surgery speciality. This concept may be a practical and efficient concept to refine the gender disparity in surgery and related disciplines.
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