Gender diversity in pediatric surgery: academic ranks and scholarly productivity amongst pediatric surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Despite a growing number of women entering medical school, a small proportion of women pursue surgical specialties, including pediatric surgery. This multi-center study assesses gender-based differences in measures of scholarly productivity and distribution of faculty positions.

Methods

This is a retrospective web-based study of all pediatric surgeons at twelve large institutions across the United States. Data published by the American Association of Medical Colleges was compiled and analyzed to understand the gender distributions of medical students, general surgery residents, and pediatric surgery fellows. P-values were calculated using two-sided Student's independent t-tests and chi-squared tests.

Results

There have been a growing number of women app

SUBMITTER: Mullis DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324546 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature