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those in the fields traditionally chosen by women (primary care, general internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, and anesthesia), and those in nontraditional fields (surgery, subspecialties of medicine, and academic medicine). The careers of the two groups of women were then compared with matched groups of men physicians. More women choosing traditional careers worked in another field, frequently health-related, before deciding to enter medicine than women entering nontraditional careers. Fewer of the former had a university education in the natural sciences, and more of them were married at the start of post-graduate training. Both groups of women worked shorter hours than the comparison groups of men. More women in traditional careers had selected group practice than had the corresponding men. Influences on career choices showed more sex similarities than career-type similarities, with women influenced more by factors related to family responsibilities. Few in any group reported that their choices are not their preferences. The results suggest that complete convergence of the medical careers of men and women in the near future is unlikely.
一组从事传统上女性选择的领域（初级保健、普通内科、儿科、精神病学和麻醉学），另一组从事非传统领域（外科、医学亚专业和学术医学）。然后将这两组女性的职业与相匹配的男性医生组进行比较。与进入非传统职业的女性相比，更多选择传统职业的女性在决定进入医学领域之前曾在其他领域工作，且这些领域通常与健康相关。前者中接受过自然科学大学教育的人数较少，并且她们中更多人在研究生培训开始时就已结婚。两组女性的工作时长都比与之比较的男性组短。从事传统职业的女性中选择团体执业的人数比相应的男性更多。对职业选择的影响显示出更多的性别相似性而非职业类型相似性，女性更多地受到与家庭责任相关因素的影响。任何一组中很少有人表示他们的选择并非自己的偏好。结果表明，在不久的将来，男性和女性的医学职业完全趋同不太可能。
