Pahwa Bhavya, Kalyani Mayank, Jain Ishika, Bhattacharjee Suchanda
University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, New Delhi, India.
North Bengal Medical College, West Bengal, India.
J Clin Neurosci. 2022 Nov;105:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2022.08.015. Epub 2022 Aug 29.
We aim at recognising the reasons that discourage female medical students to consider neurosurgery as a career, from an Indian perspective.
An online survey was disseminated in various medical colleges of India. The study included female medical students (both cis and trans). The questionnaire consisted of objective questions on mentorship, opportunities and exposure. Their concerns on long working hours and the reasons for the same were recorded.
348 responses were included of which 79.9 % of students felt they didn't receive proper exposure to neurosurgery in their medical school. 87.4 % of the respondents faced a lack of opportunity and mentorship for research. 65.2 % of students felt that they would be more interested in neurosurgery if a female professor were to mentor them. Long working hours and Reduced Family and Personal time were identified as statistically significant factors (p < 0.001) that play a role in demotivating female medical students towards neurosurgery. Altered quality of life was the most frequent (79.49 %) and significant reason (p = 0.004) as to why long working hours were a concern for them. 65.07 % of participants did not consider physical strength to be a hurdle (p = 0.008). Approximately 37.6 % participants felt that maternity and neurosurgery could be incompatible (p = 0.005).
The study brings out the notions that female medical students have regarding the long working hours and decreased family and personal time, complicated by pregnancy and maternal leave in the life of female neurosurgeon.
从印度的视角出发，我们旨在找出阻碍女医学生将神经外科作为职业选择的原因。
在印度各医学院开展了一项在线调查。该研究纳入了女医学生（包括顺性别和跨性别者）。问卷包含有关导师指导、机会和接触机会的客观问题。记录了她们对长时间工作的担忧及其原因。
共纳入348份回复，其中79.9%的学生认为她们在医学院没有得到足够的神经外科接触机会。87.4%的受访者面临研究机会和导师指导不足的问题。65.2%的学生认为如果有女教授指导，她们会对神经外科更感兴趣。长时间工作以及家庭和个人时间减少被确定为在降低女医学生对神经外科职业积极性方面起作用的具有统计学意义的因素（p<0.001）。生活质量改变是她们担心长时间工作的最常见（79.49%）且重要的原因（p = 0.004）。65.07%的参与者不认为体力是一个障碍（p = 0.008）。约37.6%的参与者认为产假与神经外科工作可能不相容（p = 0.005）。
该研究揭示了女医学生对于长时间工作以及家庭和个人时间减少的看法，而女性神经外科医生孕期和产假问题使这些情况更为复杂。
