Career Goals, Salary Expectations, and Salary Negotiation Among Male and Female General Surgery Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In general surgery, women earn less money and hold fewer leadership positions compared with their male counterparts.

Objective

To assess whether differences exist between the perspectives of male and female general surgery residents on future career goals, salary expectations, and salary negotiation that may contribute to disparity later in their careers.

Design, setting, and participants

This study was based on an anonymous and voluntary survey sent to 19 US general surgery programs. A total of 606 categorical residents at general surgery programs across the United States received the survey. Data were collected from August through September 2017 and analyzed from September through December 2017.

Main outcomes and measures

Comparison of responses be

SUBMITTER: Gray K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714007 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature