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Gender patterns amongst Canadian anesthesiologists.

Mark Otto Baerlocher1, Rumana Hussain, John Bradley

  • 1Radiology Residency Training Program, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. mark.baerlocher@utoronto.ca

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'Anesthesie
|April 26, 2006
PubMed
Summary

The number of female anesthesiologists in Canada is growing, but males still enter the field more often. This trend may be linked to fewer women ranking anesthesiology residency as their first choice in the Canadian Resident Matching System (CaRMS).

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Specialties
  • Anesthesiology
  • Medical Education

Background:

  • Anesthesiology in Canada has historically been male-dominated.
  • Recent increases in female medical student enrollment suggest a potential shift in specialty demographics.
  • Understanding gender distribution trends is crucial for workforce planning in medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess if the gender ratio in Canadian anesthesiology mirrors the increasing proportion of female medical students.
  • To analyze gender-specific trends in anesthesiology residency applications and practice within Canada.

Main Methods:

  • Collected gender-specific data from national Canadian health organizations and residency matching services.
  • Analyzed data from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canadian Institute for Health Information, and Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS).

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  • Included program director data from all 16 Canadian anesthesiology residency training programs.

    • Main Results:

    • The female-to-male ratio among practicing anesthesiologists increased from 0.29:1 in 1998 to 0.34:1 in 2005.
    • The youngest age group (<45 years) showed the highest female-to-male ratio (0.49:1), while the oldest group (>64 years) had the lowest (0.16:1).
    • In the 2004-2005 academic year, anesthesiology residency had a female-to-male ratio of 0.64:1 (201 women vs. 316 men).
    • Female medical students were less likely than males to rank anesthesiology as their first choice in the CaRMS match (mean 21 vs. 35, 1993-2005).

    Conclusions:

    • The proportion and number of women in Canadian anesthesiology are gradually increasing.
    • Males continue to enter the anesthesiology field at a higher rate than females.
    • A lower preference for anesthesiology as a first-choice residency among female medical students may contribute to this disparity.