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Why do women leave surgical training? A qualitative and feminist study

The Lancet

Khoo, W.H., Jackson, K., Phetsouphanh, C., Zaunders, J.J., Alquicira-Hernandez, J., Yazar, S., Ruiz-Diaz, S., Singh, M., Dhenni, R., Kyaw, W., Merheb, V., Lee, F., Burrell, R., Howard-Jones, A., Koirala, A., Zhou, L., Yuksel, A., Catchpoole, D., Lai, C., Vitagliano, T., Rouet, R., Christ, D., Tang, B., West, N., George, S., Gerrard, J., Croucher, P., Kelleher, A., Goodnow, C., Sprent, J.D., Powell, J., Brilot, F., Nanan, R., Hsu, P., Deenick, E., Britton, P., Phan, G., and Tea, F., 2022.

Women are under-represented in surgery and leave training in higher proportions than men. Studies in this area are without a feminist lens and predominantly use quantitative methods not well suited to the complexity of the problem.


Last updated 29 Nov 2022