从1998年到2020年,加拿大眼科住院计划的女性申请者的趋势
Heather M McDonald1, Stephanie L Cote2, Austin McMillan3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Ivey Eye Institute, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Ontario, Canada.
Canadian medical education journal
|January 14, 2025
概括
在加拿大眼科实习生中女性的代表性正在增加,但已经停滞不前. 虽然越来越多的女性申请和匹配,但性别比例并没有平等,这表明在这个外科专业中存在潜在的障碍.
科学领域:
- 医疗教育 医学教育
- 外科手术的专业领域.
- 医学中的性别研究.
背景情况:
- 眼科历来一直是男性主导的医学领域.
- 虽然医学院的女性入学率有所增加,但眼科等外科专业的性别代表性仍在调查中.
- 了解眼科中的性别趋势对于解决潜在的差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估1998年至2020年在加拿大眼科住院申请人中性别代表性的趋势.
- 将这些趋势与其他外科专业的趋势进行比较.
- 为了确定随着时间的推移,女性申请人和匹配居民的比例的变化.
主要方法:
- 来自加拿大居留匹配服务 (CaRMS) 的汇总数据的回顾性横截面分析.
- 每年检查的男性和女性申请人数,以及与眼科作为第一选择专业相匹配的人数.
- 眼科医学的性别趋势与其他手术学科的性别趋势进行比较.
主要成果:
- 女性眼科申请人的比例从1998年的24.3%上升到2020年的33.3%.
- 匹配的女性申请人的比例从1998年的28.6%增加到2020年的40.5%.
- 最近期间,女性申请人比例没有显著增加,性别相匹配的成功率在性别之间相似.
结论:
- 尽管整体上升,但女性眼科医生申请人的比例已经停滞不前,阻止了性别平等的比例.
- 需要进一步的研究来识别和解决眼科医学的潜在障碍和性别偏见.
- 眼科女性代表的趋势反映了其他外科专业的女性代表趋势.
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