与男性相匹配:5年居住期的匹配数据显示差异仍然存在
Ashley Mason1, Zeegan George1, Katsiaryna Khatskevich2
1From the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa.
Southern medical journal
|April 3, 2024
概括
女性医生在竞争激烈的医学专业中代表性不足. 尽管考试成绩相等,但男性获得了更具竞争力的专业,而女性获得了更具竞争力的住院地点. 需要进一步的研究.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 医生劳动力的多样性 医生劳动力的多样性
背景情况:
- 尽管取得了进展,但妇女在许多医学专业领域的代表性仍然不足.
- 了解专业选择中的性别差异对于在医疗实践中实现真正的平等至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查最近医学院毕业生中性别平等的现状.
- 分析基于性别的专业分销和节目竞争力.
主要方法:
- 对829名医学院毕业生 (2016-2020年) 的非身份化人口统计数据,标准化考试成绩 (美国医疗执照考试第一和第二步) 和住所匹配结果进行分析.
- 统计比较包括基平方测试的独立性和单向差异分析.
- P < 0.05 是统计显著性的值.
主要成果:
- 在研究队列中,女性占44.6%.
- 在美国医疗执照考试第一步得分中,性别之间没有明显的差异.
- 妇女被配合到竞争较少的专业,尽管她们在专业内被配合到更具竞争力的住院计划地点.
结论:
- 男人不成比例地匹配到竞争激烈的医学专业.
- 妇女在更具竞争力的项目地点获得了住院职位,而不论专业.
- 需要进一步调查,以阐明影响专业选择和匹配结果的性别差异的因素.
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