Female trainees report fewer operative cases and less operative experience than male trainees in several surgical specialties¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: baselines and conditions change

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q2 i? Studies found women performed significantly fewer cataract operations, participated in fewer robotic colorectal procedures, and performed fewer cases per week. → Jones Rebecca L. 2024

Evidence¶

Jones Rebecca L. 2024¶

Jones Rebecca L., Prusmetikul Suwimol, Whitehorn Sarah. (2024). Differential attainment in assessment of postgraduate surgical trainees: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05580-2

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports, citing Gong et al. and a systematic review, that female trainees performed fewer cases across several specialties, with less robotic console time; Eruchalu et al. found case logs became equivalent once gender parity was reached. No effect sizes are printed.

"Gong et al. [35] found significantly fewer cataract operations were performed by women in ophthalmology residency programmes, which they suggested could be due to trainers being more likely to give cases to male trainees."

Discussion¶

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