Medicine becoming a “female” profession in UK

MH Spooner - 2002 - Can Med Assoc
After years of being encouraged to pursue nontraditional careers, females now account for
60% of British medical students. Now the country's medical association is looking for ways to …

[PDF][PDF] Women in medicine: historical perspectives and recent trends

L Jefferson, K Bloor, A Maynard - British medical bulletin, 2015 - Citeseer
Introduction: Women now outnumber men in British medical schools. This paper charts the
history of women in medicine and provides current demographic trends. Sources of data: A …

Women and medicine–the new agenda

P Coombes - The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons …, 2009 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
What is the impact on UK medicine of the increasing share of women entering the
profession? Earlier this year the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) researched this issue in …

Levelling the playing field

T Moberly - 2014 - bmj.com
Although the overall number of female doctors continues to rise, the number of women
choosing careers in medicine has fallen by 15% in the past decade. From a peak of 4792 in …

[PDF][PDF] Half our medical future

J Parkhouse - Medical Education, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
A substantial proportion of professional women are doctors, and their work contribution is
higher than in other professions; in the National Health Service about 25% of doctors are …

Women in medicine: increasing in number but not regard

EL Bailey - British Journal of General Practice, 2020 - bjgp.org
Throughout the last century we have witnessed major advancements for women in the UK,
but gender inequalities continue to exist in the workplace. The NHS, established with the …

Feminization of medicine

B Meyboom-de Jong - Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde, 1999 - europepmc.org
Since 1985 more than 50% of all medical students in the Netherlands are women. Only a
tiny fraction of specialists, professors, directors of hospitals or insurance companies are …

Women in the UK academic medicine workforce

B Sandhu, C Margerison, A Holdcroft - Medical education, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study aimed to compare data on the employment profiles (such as grade,
place of work, etc.) of male and female clinical academics. Methods We carried out a …

Women in hospital medicine

E Paice - Clinical Medicine, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The proportion of women in the UK medical workforce is rising steadily. While this is good
news for sexual equality, and is welcomed by patients who wish to have the choice of a …

Women student leaders of today could be the medical leaders of tomorrow

E Strazdins, JA Ende - Australian Medicine, 2017 - search.informit.org
Women student leaders of today could be the medical leaders of tomorrow Page 1 OPINION
AUSTRALIAN MEDICINE - 29.01A JANUARY 16 2017 23 The Australian medical profession …