Pompili Cecilia, Veronesi Giulia, Novoa Nuria M, Gomez-Hernandez Maria Teresa, Sharkey Annabel J, Bhatti Farah, Opitz Isabelle
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Leeds, Section of Patient Centred Outcomes Research, Leeds Institute for Medical Research at St. James's, Leeds, UK.
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
J Thorac Dis. 2021 Jan;13(1):439-447. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2020-wts-09.
During the last decades, women have been discouraged from entering the medical career and in particular in the surgical specialties. This situation is changing across continents and national and international initiatives are supporting aspiring female surgeons in pursuing the surgical career through mentorship and fellowship programmes. Due to the differences in training programmes, Health Care systems and cultural backgrounds, it's not easy to describe unanimously the pathways and obstacles that junior female thoracic surgeons are experiencing in Europe. The development of female surgical associations, mentorship programmes and national initiatives will further champion the gender equality in this specialty across Europe. During the recent years, the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) has established initiatives like the first ESTS Women in Thoracic Surgery Scientific Session or the annual Women in Thoracic ESTS Reception during the Annual Conference, which are done in an effort to encourage all female colleagues to join this specialty and increase the opportunity to share their experience and meet potential mentors. In this article we will depict the situation in some of the European countries whose female thoracic surgeons have led their way. We aim to give the next generation the examples that can influence women's choice of surgical career, and the possible strategies and initiatives to reduce the gender discrimination within healthcare.
在过去几十年里，女性一直被劝阻不要进入医疗行业，尤其是外科专业。这种情况正在各大洲发生变化，国家和国际层面的倡议通过指导和奖学金项目，支持有抱负的女外科医生追求外科职业生涯。由于培训项目、医疗保健系统和文化背景的差异，很难一致地描述欧洲初级女胸外科医生所经历的途径和障碍。女性外科协会、指导项目和国家倡议的发展将进一步推动欧洲这一专业领域的性别平等。近年来，欧洲胸外科医师协会（ESTS）开展了一些活动，比如第一届ESTS胸外科女性科学会议，或者在年会期间举办的年度ESTS胸外科女性招待会，这些活动旨在鼓励所有女性同事加入这一专业领域，并增加她们分享经验和结识潜在导师的机会。在本文中，我们将描述一些欧洲国家的情况，这些国家的女胸外科医生起到了带头作用。我们旨在为下一代提供能够影响女性选择外科职业的范例，以及减少医疗保健领域性别歧视的可能策略和倡议。
