Gender discrimination of veterinary students and its impact on career aspiration: A mixed methods approach.

IF 1.3 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES
Veterinary Record Open Pub Date : 2022-11-01 eCollection Date: 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1002/vro2.47
Katie Freestone, John Remnant, Erica Gummery
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Introduction: As the veterinary profession has become feminised, gender discrimination and its effects have been documented in practicing veterinary surgeons. However, research on gender discrimination experienced by veterinary students and its effects on recruitment and retention remains limited. This study aimed to increase understanding of veterinary students' experiences of gender discrimination and its impact on their career aspirations.

Methods: A questionnaire including statements with Likert-style response options and free-text questions was distributed to students studying veterinary medicine and science at a UK veterinary school in September 2020 (28% response rate). Two focus groups were carried out following the questionnaire to gain a deeper insight into student experiences.

Results: Gender discrimination in a veterinary setting had been experienced by 34% of respondents, the majority (77%) on animal husbandry placements. Female students were more likely to report that their experiences of gender discrimination affected their career aspirations. Seven themes were identified from both the questionnaire and focus group data: stereotyping of certain fields, gender inequality on placements, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex, plus (LGBTQI+) community, encouraging reporting behaviours, barriers to reporting, education and the placement allocation.

Conclusions: This study highlighted that gender discrimination was prevalent during animal husbandry placements, although reporting was infrequent and perceived negatively by students. Recommendations on how veterinary schools and the wider veterinary profession can support veterinary students are made as an outcome of this work.

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兽医专业学生的性别歧视及其对职业理想的影响:混合方法。
导言:随着兽医职业的女性化,对执业兽医的性别歧视及其影响已有文献记载。然而,有关兽医专业学生所经历的性别歧视及其对招聘和留用的影响的研究仍然有限。本研究旨在进一步了解兽医专业学生遭受性别歧视的经历及其对其职业抱负的影响:向 2020 年 9 月在英国一所兽医学校学习兽医医学和科学的学生发放了一份调查问卷,其中包括带有李克特式回答选项的陈述和自由文本问题(回复率为 28%)。在问卷调查之后,还开展了两个焦点小组,以深入了解学生的经历:34%的受访者在兽医工作中遇到过性别歧视,其中大部分(77%)是在畜牧业实习中遇到的。女学生更有可能表示性别歧视的经历影响了她们的职业抱负。从调查问卷和焦点小组的数据中确定了七个主题:对某些领域的刻板印象、实习中的性别不平等、女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人、同性恋者和双性人(LGBTQI+)群体、鼓励报告行为、报告障碍、教育和实习分配:本研究强调,在畜牧业实习期间,性别歧视普遍存在,尽管学生很少报告,而且对性别歧视的看法也很消极。本研究还就兽医学校和兽医行业如何为兽医学生提供支持提出了建议。
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Veterinary Record Open
Veterinary Record Open VETERINARY SCIENCES-
CiteScore
3.00
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25
审稿时长
19 weeks
期刊介绍: Veterinary Record Open is a journal dedicated to publishing specialist veterinary research across a range of topic areas including those of a more niche and specialist nature to that considered in the weekly Vet Record. Research from all disciplines of veterinary interest will be considered. It is an Open Access journal of the British Veterinary Association.
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