Men surgeons’ perceptions of women surgeons: is there a bias against women in surgery?

Ross, Sharona; Jadick, Michalina F.; Spence, Janelle; DeReus, Heather; Sucandy, Iswanto; Rosemurgy, Alexander S.

doi:10.1007/s00464-019-07294-9

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“…Gender discrimination in the workplace often comes from colleagues 13,18 and other healthcare professionals 13 . The first step toward meaningful change should aim to raise awareness of discrimination of women in the fields of surgery, with dedicated monitoring bodies within institutions and surgical organizations 81 …”

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“…Although same-sex role models are important to women surgeons, men play an important role in finding solutions in gender discrimination. As the vast majority of male surgeons have been reported to deem their female colleagues as capable as their male counterparts, 18 the active support of men is required to achieve an inclusive work place, and to create a better work-life integration for women surgeons 96 . The implementation of diversity will inevitably promote increasing equity, not only in the workplace, but also during meetings and conferences 92,97 …”

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confidence: 99%

“…26 Healthcare professionals associated men with career and women with family, whereas surgeons associated men with surgery and women with family medicine. 13 Male surgeons bias against female colleagues was found by Ross et al 18 Among 190 male surgeon responders, 10% considered female colleagues less capable to perform competent surgery, although 21% thought that male surgeons handle job stress better and 45% of responders recognized that discrimination against women in the field if surgery exists and that there is a negative attitude toward women being surgeons. 18 Overall 3 self-administered surveys 12,20,21 analyzed the presence of sexual harassment in different surgical specialties.…”

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“…Overall, 11 studies [12][13][14][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] analyzed different types of discrimination, of which 8 were surveys, 2 semi-structured interviews and 1 was a cross-sectional study. The main topics analyzed were conscious and unconscious gender bias, sexual harassment, and gender microaggressions, as summarized in Supplemental Digital Content Table 2, http://links.lww.com/SLA/D731.…”

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Discrimination Toward Women in Surgery

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Background:Over the past twenty years explicit gender bias toward women in surgery has been replaced by more subtle barriers, which represent indirect forms of discrimination and prevents equality.Objective:The aim of our scoping review is to summarize the different forms of discrimination toward women in surgery.Methods:The database search consisted of original studies regarding discrimination toward female surgeons.Results:Of 3615 studies meeting research criteria, 63 were included. Of these articles, 11 (18%) were focused on gender-based discrimination, 14 (22%) on discrimination in authorship, research productivity, and research funding, 21 (33%) on discrimination in academic surgery, 7 (11%) on discrimination in surgical leadership positions and 10 (16%) on discrimination during conferences and in surgical societies. The majority (n = 53, 84%) of the included studies were conducted in the U.S.A. According to our analysis, female surgeons experience discrimination from male colleagues, healthcare workers, but also from patients and trainees. Possible solutions may include acknowledgment of the problem, increased education of diversity and integration for the younger generations, mentorship, coaching, and more active engagement by male and female partners to support women in the surgical field.Conclusions:Gender-based discrimination toward women in the field of surgery has evolved over the past twenty years, from an explicit to a more subtle attitude. A work-environment where diversity and flexibility are valued would allow female surgeons to better realize their full potential.

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“…Many health care professionals have been reported to hold implicit and explicit biases associating men with career and women with family [5] . Moreover, implicit bias seems to be stronger among residents and women themselves, thus implying that, apart from being relevant and deeply rooted in the society, this issue is unlikely to be resolved in the next few years [6] . Some authors have tried to project their attitude and thoughts of male surgeons towards their female counterparts: while 80% of them consider female surgeons to be as capable as their male colleagues, only 30% are reported to believe that gender discrimination actually exists in the surgical field [7] .…”

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Statement on artificial intelligence surgery by women-in-surgery - Italia: can artificial intelligence be the great equalizer in surgery?

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Association of surgeon's sex, and surgeon‐patient dyad with financial outcomes among patients undergoing cancer surgery

Khan,

Munir,

Woldesenbet

et al. 2024

Journal of Surgical Oncology

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Background and ObjectivesSurgeon sex has been associated with perioperative clinical outcomes among patients undergoing oncologic surgery. There may be variations in financial outcomes relative to the surgeon‐patient dyad. We sought to define the association of surgeon's sex with perioperative financial outcomes following cancer surgery.MethodsPatients who underwent resection of lung, breast, hepato‐pancreato‐biliary (HPB), or colorectal cancer between 2014 and 2021 were identified from the Medicare Standard Analytic Files. A generalized linear model with gamma regression was utilized to characterize the association between sex concordance and expenditures.ResultsAmong 207,935 Medicare beneficiaries (breast: n = 14,753, 7.1%, lung: n = 59,644, 28.7%, HPB: n = 23,400, 11.3%, colorectal: n = 110,118, 53.0%), 87.8% (n = 182,643) and 12.2% (n = 25,292) of patients were treated by male and female surgeons, respectively. On multivariable analysis, female surgeon sex was associated with slightly reduced index expenditures (mean difference ‐$353, 95%CI ‐$580, ‐$126; p = 0.003). However, there were no differences in 90‐day post‐discharge inpatient (mean difference ‐$−225, 95%CI ‐$570, ‐$121; p = 0.205) and total expenditures (mean difference $133, 95%CI ‐$279, $545; p = 0.525).ConclusionsThere was minor risk‐adjusted variation in perioperative expenditures relative to surgeon sex. To improve perioperative financial outcomes, a diverse surgical workforce with respect to patient and surgeon sex is warranted.

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Men surgeons’ perceptions of women surgeons: is there a bias against women in surgery?

Cited by 10 publications

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Discrimination Toward Women in Surgery

Discrimination Toward Women in Surgery

Statement on artificial intelligence surgery by women-in-surgery - Italia: can artificial intelligence be the great equalizer in surgery?

Association of surgeon's sex, and surgeon‐patient dyad with financial outcomes among patients undergoing cancer surgery

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