This integrative literature review synthesizes the primary research evidence on mentoring
female health academics published from 2000 to 2018, to identify the benefits, enablers and …

While gender-based bias and discrimination (GBD) is known to exist in medical training,
there is limited guidance for training programs on how to understand and combat this issue …

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

Background Almost one half of currently practicing physicians in Europe are women.
Despite advances in access to training positions and the entry of women into neurosurgery …

Objective: To quantify gender composition of 10 high-impact general surgery journals,
delineate how board composition has changed over time, and evaluate qualification metrics …

Background Internationally, supporting surgical trainees during pregnancy, maternity and
paternity leave is essential for trainee well-being and for retention of high-calibre surgeons …

Purpose Females remain under-represented in academic anesthesiology. Our objectives
were to investigate gender differences over time in the first and last authors of published …

Purpose The present study aimed to report the main barriers to women's advancement in
leadership and high-rank academic positions in the fields of medicine and dentistry …

Objective: This study aimed to determine the impact of surgical training on lifestyle and
parenthood, and to assess for gender-based workplace issues. Background: The effects of a …

Introduction Despite making up more than half of new doctors, women are underrepresented
in most surgical specialties. Various reasons have been suggested for this including issues …