Interview experience, post-interview communication, and gender-based differences in the integrated vascular surgery residency match

Fereydooni, Arash; Ramirez, Joel L.; Morrow, Katherine L.; Sorondo, Sabina; Lee, Jason T.; Coleman, Dawn M.; Chandra, Venita

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2021.05.060

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“…During the residency interview process, female candidates were also significantly more likely to have received a potentially illegal question (68.7% vs 63.4%) compared with male respondents (adjusted OR of female gender 1.35, 95% CI: 1.23–1.47, P <0.001) 58. In details, they were asked more frequently about their plans to have children (17% vs 10.6%, ORs 1.89, 95% CI: 1.67–2.15, P <0.001),58 family planning (17.4% vs 2.1%; P <0.01)59 and marital status (52.5% vs 23.4%; P <0.01) 59…”

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confidence: 99%

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Early Barriers to Career Progression of Women in Surgery and Solutions to Improve Them

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Objective: This study aims to summarize the evidence concerning the barriers that exist to the career progression of women in surgery and to provide potential solutions to overcome these obstacles. Background: Visible and invisible impediments can hinder female doctors’ pursuit of a surgical career, from choosing a surgical specialty to training opportunities and all the way through career progression. Methods: Database search of original studies about barriers for female surgeons during choice of surgical career, residency, and career progression. A query including possible solutions such as mentorship and network was included. Results: Of 4618 total articles; 4497 were excluded as duplicates, having incorrect study focus, or not being original studies; leaving 120 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. Of the articles included, 22 (18%) focused on factors affecting the pursuit of a surgical career, such as surgical work hours and limited time for outside interests, 55 (46%) analyzed the main barriers that exist during surgical residency and fellowship training, such as discrimination and sexual harassment, 27 (23%) focused on barriers to career advancement, heavy workloads, ineffective mentorship, unclear expectations for advancement, inequality in pay or work-home conflicts. Among studies reporting on possible solutions, 8 (6.5%) articles reported on the role of effective mentorship to support career advancement and to provide moral support and 8 (6.5%) on the emerging role of social media for networking. Our analysis showed how different impediments hinder surgical career progression for women, with notable consequences on burnout and attrition. Conclusions: Identification and recognition of obstacles to career progression is the first step to addressing the gender gap in surgery. Active strategies should be improved to promote a culture of diversity and to create equal opportunity for women in surgery, while implementing structured mentoring programs and investing on an adequate communication on social media to engage the future generations.

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“…In total, 13 papers50–62 concentrated on gender discrimination during the process of residency application, including recommendation letters51–55 and interview,56–60 and fellowship applications 61,62. In standardized letters of recommendation most of these differences seem to disappear 52.…”

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Early Barriers to Career Progression of Women in Surgery and Solutions to Improve Them

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“…Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, within vascular surgery, a multitude of studies have been published regarding pandemic-related stressors at the resident level, and changes in perceptions and logistics of the Match process for graduating medical students. 20 , 21 , 22 There are few reports within the subspecialty describing virtual experiences for medical students specifically, particularly those in their early years of training. Several reports have assessed virtual sub-internship experiences among medical students applying into vascular surgery; these have been shown to positively influence one’s application decisions, although data remains limited.…”

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Virtual vascular surgery interest group during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

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Gardezi

Satam

et al. 2023

Journal of Vascular Surgery

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“…During residency interviews, applicants frequently received questions about personal matters which were unrelated to medical school performance. Female respondents more frequently experienced a potentially illegal question compared to male applicants [36] . Women were recurrently asked about marital status, family planning, and maternity plans [37] .…”

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“…In pursuing a surgical career, female doctors had to deal with gender discrimination during the procedure of residency application, including recommendation letters [29][30][31][32][33] , interviews [34][35][36][37][38] , and fellowship applications [39,40] . Furthermore, female applicants required superior letters of recommendation to be given the same opportunity as male candidates [30] .…”

Section: Surgical Trainingmentioning

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The potential of artificial intelligence as an equalizer of gender disparity in surgical training and education

Mari¹,

Spolverato²,

Ferrari³

2022

Art Int Surg

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The aim of this work is to offer a panoramic view on how artificial intelligence (AI) can help to break down gender disparity in enrollment and training of women in surgery. Nowadays, many visible and concealed obstacles still exist for women who pursue a surgical career. Impediments due to gender disparity prevent women from choosing surgical specialties. Furthermore, female surgical trainees have to face many difficulties during their training, such as inequity during the residency selection process, sexual harassment, discrimination in pregnancy experience and parental leave, and work-life balance problems. AI has been successfully employed for several applications in surgery to improve patient management, implement the decision-making process, and support training. AI could represent an effective way to overcome barriers related to gender disparity and overcome the obstacles women face during surgical education and training. Virtual and augmented reality, remote mentoring, and simulators could help female surgeons deal with disparities during their training and could positively impact the choice of women when pursuing a surgical career.

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Interview experience, post-interview communication, and gender-based differences in the integrated vascular surgery residency match

Cited by 13 publications

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Early Barriers to Career Progression of Women in Surgery and Solutions to Improve Them

Early Barriers to Career Progression of Women in Surgery and Solutions to Improve Them

Virtual vascular surgery interest group during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

The potential of artificial intelligence as an equalizer of gender disparity in surgical training and education

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