Objective Similar to women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
disciplines, women in medicine are subject to negative stereotyping when they do not …

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

Objective Medical schools now average approximately 50% female students, yet a
disproportionate number of women continue to choose nonsurgical over surgical specialties …

Recently, Modern Healthcare published a list of the 50 most influential physician leaders of
the past year. 1 It included just 7 women (14%), a vivid demonstration of the disparities that …

Though overt sexism is decreasing, women now experience subtle, often unconscious,
gender bias as microaggressions. The authors sought to explore the prevalence and impact …

Background Women represent roughly 50% of US medical students and one third of US
surgery residents. Within academic surgery departments, however, women are …

Background Women surgeons continue to face unique challenges to professional
advancement. Higher attrition rates and lower confidence among female surgical residents …

Importance A growing body of literature has been developed with the goal of attempting to
understand the experiences of female surgeons. While it has helped to address inequities …

Background Undergraduate education studies have suggested instructor sex can influence
female students to pursue a discipline. We sought to evaluate a similar hypothesis in …

While it is the goal of academic institutions to train male and female resident physicians
equally, gender-related implicit bias may play a role in resident training, thus impacting the …