Background Interest and applications to surgery have steadily decreased over recent years
in the United States. The goal of this review is to collect the current literature regarding US …

BACKGROUND: A number of studies have highlighted the importance of positive role
models and mentors in influencing medical students' ultimate career decisions. This article …

Importance Although family priorities influence specialty selection and resident attrition, few
studies describe resident perspectives on pregnancy during surgical training. Objective To …

Objectives To evaluate differences in burnout and career satisfaction between men and
women surgeons and to determine the relationships among personal factors, professional …

Background: Women seldom reach the highest leadership positions in academic plastic
surgery. Contributing factors include lack of female role models/mentors and lack of gender …

Objective: This study aimed to elucidate current medical student perceptions on barriers to a
career in surgery, with a particular focus on gender-specific differences. Summary …

Background Recent years have seen a significant drop in applications to surgical
residencies. Existing research has yet to explain how medical students make career …

Objective To examine whether there are gender disparities in scholarly productivity within
academic otolaryngology departments, as measured by academic rank and the h-index, a …

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

Background Studies have examined factors affecting medical students' specialty choice, but
little research exists on stability of these specialty interests. Objective To describe patterns of …