Background Interest in surgical careers among medical students has declined over the past
decade. Multiple explanations have been offered for why top students are deterred or …

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 …

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

Background Although women account for approximately half of the medical students in the
United States, they represent only 13% of orthopaedic surgery residents and 4% of …

Background There have been many efforts to increase the number of women surgeons. We
provide an update of women surgeon representation along the pathway to surgical …

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 …

Abstract Introduction The Lancet Commission for Global Surgery identified an adequate
surgical workforce as one indicator of surgical care accessibility. Many countries where …

Context General surgery residency programs are facing multiple pressures, including
attracting and retaining residents. Despite the importance of resident perspectives in …

Purpose To examine the role of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in medical
students' choice of specialty and residency program. Method Anonymous, self-administered …

Purpose This study aimed to analyze gender differences in rank, career duration, publication
productivity, and research funding among radiation oncologists at US academic institutions …