Women in Surgery Africa and research

Odera, Agneta; Tierney, Sean; Mangaoang, Deirdre; Mugwe, Rosemary; Sanfey, Hilary

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(19)31106-7

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“… Provide clear processes to support professional advancement for gender diverse and LGBTQ (Human Rights Campaign, 2020 ; Sánchez et al, 2015 ) professionals through mentorship schemes, networking opportunities, and work-life arrangements. The Global South Women in Surgery Africa, COACh-Cameroon and the Higher Institute for Growth in Health Research for Women Consortium, for instance, have trained women health practitioners, trainees and scientists in applying for grants, leadership, ethics, research quality, and project management (Odera et al, 2019 ; Tiedeu et al, 2019 , p. 505). …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Health systems and quality of healthcare: bringing back missing discussions about gender and sexuality

Porroche-Escudero

2022

Health Systems

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Gender and sexuality are recognised as social determinants of health. While gender and sexuality are becoming important frameworks guiding many disciplines and studies, discussions about quality of healthcare (QHC) lack a sufficient focus on these. When QHC studies have considered gender and sexuality the primary focus tends to be on the practice of individual professionals, patients’ differential health seeking behaviours or outcomes. This commentary eapplies a gender and sexuality lens to Donabedian’s framework to further understand the influence of gender and sexuality in shaping QHC. The framework illustrates how the very foundations of QHC (institutional structures, processes and outcomes), can increase or reduce inequalities in QHC linked to gender, sexuality (as well as other factors). The commentary suggests practices that would reduce these inequalities. In the context of present debates over inequality in medicine, science and global health , this commentary is a reminder that health systems have a critical role to play in ensuring that QHC does not perpetuate them. .

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Health systems and quality of healthcare: bringing back missing discussions about gender and sexuality

Porroche-Escudero

2022

Health Systems

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“…15 These dedicated groups for women in surgery have helped to improve retention of female surgeons in the field by increasing academic and leadership opportunities and providing support for challenges that are unique to female surgeons. 15,16 A 2017 study reported that same-sex mentorship was preferred among females and could positively influence career choice and address barriers to pursuing surgery, advocating for the development of national mentorship programmes in the United States. 17 Our study showed that 45% of female participants had a mentor, and an overwhelming majority (84%) of mentors were male, which could be explained by the male-dominated nature of surgery in South Africa but also suggests a lack of female mentors.…”

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Surgery in South Africa - the attitudes toward mentorship in facilitating general surgical training

Buccimazza¹

2021

S. Afr. j. surg.

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BACKGROUND: There are many barriers to pursuing a surgical career in South Africa, some of which are unique to females. Mentorship has been proposed as a solution to mitigate these barriers. The value of mentorship has not been formally assessed among South African general surgeons and trainees METHODS: The study was part of a larger study designed to assess barriers to pursuing a career in surgery, including the value of mentorship. A 15-item questionnaire was designed and distributed via the Research Electronic Database Capture from 1 February 2020-3 April 2020. Data were analysed using Stata 15 SE. All responses were anonymised RESULTS: One hundred and twenty-nine (13.5%) of 955 potential participants responded to the survey of which 26% (33/129) were female. Sixty-seven per cent of respondents were specialist surgeons (87/129). Seventy per cent (90/129) of participants reported having a role model in surgery, however, 66% (86/129) reported they had no mentor in surgery. 107/129 (83%) participants reported the importance of mentorship. The need for a formalised mentorship programme to facilitate surgical training was recorded by 60% (78/129) of participants, while 18% (23/129) reported the need for a mentorship group specifically for females CONCLUSION: Eighty-three per cent of participants reported the importance of mentorship however two-thirds lacked a mentor. Most participants advocated for a mentorship group to facilitate surgical training. Establishing formalised mentorship programmes could mitigate the barriers to pursuing a surgical career Keywords: surgery, training, barriers, mentorship

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“…For instance, the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSESCA) have introduced a scholarship program to support women in surgical residency programmes to complete their training and encourage other women in medicine to consider surgery as a career [20]. The aligned 'Women in Surgery Africa' (WiSA) movement has further promoted female mentorship within the field [21]. Initiatives such as these have already increased the number of women in surgical training pathways [22].…”

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Women as a driver to address gaps in the global surgical workforce

Busa

Nagraj

2023

Hum Resour Health

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Five billion people around the world lack access to safe and affordable surgical, anaesthetic, and obstetric care. There is a link between countries in which women are underrepresented in the surgical workforce and those struggling to meet their surgical need. In this commentary article, the underrepresentation of women in low- and middle-income country’s (LMIC) surgical workforce is discussed. It is argued that the issue is self-reinforcing. On one hand, active change requires a sufficient number of female surgeons to initiate it. On the other, women can only start to penetrate the surgical workforce once they are safe, healthy, and motivated enough to do so, in turn depending on the presence of female surgeons to advocate for their female patients and empower future generations of young girls and women.

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Women in Surgery Africa and research

Cited by 7 publications

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Health systems and quality of healthcare: bringing back missing discussions about gender and sexuality

Health systems and quality of healthcare: bringing back missing discussions about gender and sexuality

Surgery in South Africa - the attitudes toward mentorship in facilitating general surgical training

Women as a driver to address gaps in the global surgical workforce

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