Gendered Differences in Teaching Performance Evaluations of Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents

Engendered Perceptions About Surgeon Gender and Patient Outcomes After Cesarean Delivery

“…2 However, practicing women still report high rates of discrimination, sexual harassment, wage gaps, and disproportionately low advancement and promotion. 2,3 Additionally, female OB/GYN trainees receive harsher feedback from medical students 4 and nurses' differential treatment in the operating room than their male counterparts. 5 With this demographic shift, several studies have examined whether gender affects surgical practice and postoperative outcomes.…”

Scarlett McNally: International Women’s Day—and how institutions and individuals can reduce sexism in healthcare

“…Female doctors are treated differently 3. They’re expected to be nicer,4 tidier, and prepared to spend more time with patients and trainees 5. Trainers, other staff, and patients have different expectations of female doctors than of men 5.…”

“…They’re expected to be nicer,4 tidier, and prepared to spend more time with patients and trainees 5. Trainers, other staff, and patients have different expectations of female doctors than of men 5. In 2021 the Kennedy review of diversity in surgery highlighted the impact of micro-aggressions on female surgeons, such as a greater propensity to call them by their first name than their title when compared with men 6.…”