High infertility rates and pregnancy complications in female physicians indicate a need for culture change

K Lai, EM Garvey, CS Velazco, M Gill… - Annals of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This survey study aims to determine the prevalence of pregnancy complications
and infertility in female physicians in comparison to the general population. Risk factors …

Survey Validation for Measuring Perceptions of Work-Related Factors That Influence Career Paths of Men and Women in Academic Anesthesiology

MJ Hastie, M Kim, D Katz, M Lin… - Anesthesia & …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Women's underrepresentation in positions of leadership in medicine has
been attributed to environmental, structural, motivational, and situational factors. The …

Gender balance in the medical workplace–a snapshot into anesthesia

B Noronha, A Fuchs, M Zdravkovic… - Trends in Anaesthesia …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in gender equity issues in general society and medicine.
Literature shows several publications addressing female underrepresentation in medicine …

Gender differences in professional adversities and mental health among surgical and nonsurgical medical trainees: an internet-based survey

A Fresán, D Guízar-Sánchez, M Yoldi-Negrete… - Journal of Surgical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Physicians in training face a variety of stressors throughout their professional
development and according to their gender. Among them, surgical trainees appear to be …

Residency training experiences of residents with children: A phenomenological study

E Boschee, Z Zaeem, A Amin, K Moniz… - Medical Education …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Parenthood during postgraduate medical training has become an increasingly relevant topic
in recent years. While previous research has attempted to explore the experiences of …

Can I Leave? Perspectives on Parental Leave and Parenthood in Medical Training Among Program Directors and Trainees in Oncologic Specialties

S Beltrán Ponce, R Jagsi, N Florez… - Journal of Women's …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: Peak fertility commonly occurs during medical training, and delaying parenthood
can complicate pregnancies. Trainee parental leave policies are varied and lack …

Balancing career goals and parenthood desires: results from a survey of undergraduate pre-health students at a hispanic-serving institution in Texas

KM Sileo, G Reynoso, K Torok… - Journal of American …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To examine family planning and fertility experiences and views, as well as desired
parenthood timing and career plans, of diverse undergraduate pre-health students …

Attitudes of Canadian medical students towards surgical training and perceived barriers to surgical careers: a multicentre survey

S McLennan, K Purich, K Verhoeff, B Mador - … Medical Education Journal, 2023 - erudit.org
Background: Medical student interest in surgical specialties continues to decline. This study
aims to characterize attitudes of Canadian medical students towards surgical training and …

Experiences of labour and childbirth among physicians in Canada: a qualitative study

F Hersson-Edery, J Morissette, P Feldman… - … Open Access Journal, 2023 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Little is known about physicians' birth experiences and the perceived relation
between physicians' professional status and their birth outcomes, particularly in nonsurgical …

Women as Urologists in Saudi Arabia: Career Choice and Practice Challenges: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

MA Alzahrani, A Almhmd, MA Khan… - … and Reports in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background There is limited research on whether women choose urology as a future career.
Therefore, we aimed in this study to assess the influencing and challenging factors among …