Influence of gender on career expectations of oral and maxillofacial surgeons

Expectations, Experiences and Perceptions of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residents to Training in Nigeria

“…OMS residents in Nigeria complained that work hours and stress strained family lives in 76.7% and 77.3%, respectively, from Table 2. Issues surrounding marriage and family life were also reported as disincentives among female Middle Eastern OMS according to Dar‐Odeh et al 11 and Abu‐ Hammad et al 12 …”

“…Feminisation of dentistry is becoming a growing perception but this has not yet occurred in OMS. Reasons for this under‐representation include greater sexism perceived by females, scarcity of female mentors and major career obstacles such as marriage, children and societal attitudes 11,12 . There is need to improve the profile of female OMS to attract more females and by alleviating the societal and work‐related factors to attract and retain women.…”

“…Issues surrounding marriage and family life were also reported as disincentives among female Middle Eastern OMS according to Dar-Odeh et al 11 and Abu-Hammad et al 12 From Tables 3a and b, there was no statistically significant difference between male and female OMFS residents on some of their expectations, perceptions and attitudes even though more male agreed with the selected items. This is comparable to the findings by Adebayo et al 8 Also from Table 3b, there was no statistically significant difference between the various age groups with respect to some of the expectations, attitudes and perceptions of OMFS residents.…”

Called to the ministry: Narratives of career choice amongst female pastors in South Africa

“…The absence of access to theological education may limit female pastors' entrance in professions like the pastoral ministry, despite the presence of mentors and support systems that encourage them in such paths. This becomes critical as other studies have shown mentorship and inspirational leadership as critical in improving women's representation in professions where they are underrepresented (Abu-Hammad et al, 2020). Some studies exploring responses to poor health challenges have found, as a coping mechanism, the role of support from a deity (God), family, friends and the church to be important (Iddrisu, Aziato, & Dedey, 2019).…”

Maxillofacial Female Surgeons: Perspectives and Obstacles

“…Solving these issues is critical to women's academic surgery performance. 13,14 As a maxillofacial surgeon, mentor role modelling is very important in the advancement of learning and the absence of mentor in the early maxillofacial career affects the professionalism of this specialty as this will affect the role modelling that helps a lot in the transition of expertise into the development zone in which the learners turn from novice state to the skilled state. Another aspect of this problem is that the mentor may have a positive and/or negative effect on the female maxillofacial learner, especially if he does not believe in the female maxillofacial learner.…”