Intersectionality of Gender and Visible Minority Status Among General Surgery Residents in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Within medical specialties, surgical disciplines disproportionately and routinely demonstrate the greatest underrepresentation of women and individuals from racial/ethnic minority groups. Understanding the role that diversity plays in surgical resident training may identify strategies that foster resident resiliency, optimize surgical training, and improve patient outcomes.

Objective

To examine the implication of gender and visible minority (VM [ie, nonaboriginal people who are not White individuals]) status for resiliency and training experiences of general surgery residents in Canada.

Design, setting, and participants

In this survey study, a 129-item questionnaire was emailed from May 2018 to July 2018 to all residents enrolled in all Canadian general sur

SUBMITTER: Mocanu V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424545 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature