Progress or stagnation? Is neurosurgery remaining a men's world?

IF 3.8 2区 医学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Medical Education Online Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-20 DOI:10.1080/10872981.2025.2535414
Marion Rapp, Laura Makowski, Franziska Staub-Bartelt, Julia Steinmann, Michael Sabel
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Although the number of female medical school students is increasing, there is an imbalance regarding women in neurosurgery. In addition, a huge gender gap concerning leading positions as well as scientific careers exists. We performed a questionnaire-based data assessment of former and current neurosurgical residents, medical school students in their final and medical school students in their first year. The questionnaire assessed reasons for resigning from the residency program as well as possible discrimination or gender-specific disadvantages which prevent medical school students from choosing a surgical speciality. We found that significantly more (p = 0.05) female residents left neurosurgical training and indicated gender-based inequalities during the program (p < 0.001). Significantly fewer final-year students would choose a surgical career compared to first-year medical students (p < 0.001). The main reasons against neurosurgical training were poor work-life balance, psychological stress and difficulties in family/child care. Women must continue to be supported to pursue surgical and scientific careers.

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进步还是停滞?神经外科仍然是男性的世界吗?
虽然女医学院学生的人数在增加,但在神经外科方面,女性人数不平衡。此外,在领导职位和科学事业方面存在巨大的性别差距。我们对以前和现在的神经外科住院医师、医学院的大四学生和医学院一年级的学生进行了基于问卷的数据评估。调查表评估了退出住院医师项目的原因,以及可能存在的阻碍医学院学生选择外科专业的歧视或性别劣势。我们发现更多的女性住院医师离开神经外科培训(p = 0.05),并且在培训过程中存在性别不平等(p = 0.05)
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Medical Education Online
Medical Education Online EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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6.00
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2.20%
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97
审稿时长
8 weeks
期刊介绍: Medical Education Online is an open access journal of health care education, publishing peer-reviewed research, perspectives, reviews, and early documentation of new ideas and trends. Medical Education Online aims to disseminate information on the education and training of physicians and other health care professionals. Manuscripts may address any aspect of health care education and training, including, but not limited to: -Basic science education -Clinical science education -Residency education -Learning theory -Problem-based learning (PBL) -Curriculum development -Research design and statistics -Measurement and evaluation -Faculty development -Informatics/web
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