The Orthopedics B Department, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
Pat Matthews Academic School of Nursing, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, P.O.B. 169, 38100, Hadera, Israel.
World J Surg. 2023 Jun;47(6):1364-1370. doi: 10.1007/s00268-023-06953-2. Epub 2023 Mar 9.
Orthopedics is not a popular field of specialization among female medical students. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to examine factors related to women's choice of orthopedics as their field of specialty, compared to those who chose other fields.
In this cross-sectional survey, 149 female medical residents from Israel-33 specializing in orthopedics and 116 in other fields-completed a questionnaire. A comparison was held between the two groups.
Orthopedic residents were more likely to have received clinical training in this field during their medical studies and were more likely to have expressed a desire to specialize in orthopedics before and at the completion of their studies. In addition, orthopedic residents ascribed greater importance to job security when choosing a field of specialty and, in contrast, ascribed no importance at all to lifestyle. No difference was found between the two groups in their level of dissatisfaction as a result of their residency. However, orthopedic residents were more inclined to perceive gender discrimination in the field of orthopedics but, despite this, had a greater intention to recommend a residency in orthopedics. A negative association was found between the level of dissatisfaction as a result of the residency and intention to recommend a residency in orthopedics.
Differences between the two groups point to potential factors that might have been related to women's choice of orthopedics as their field of specialty. The findings may help form strategies for attracting women to specialize in orthopedics.
骨科并不是女医学生中受欢迎的专业领域。因此，本研究的目的是考察女性选择骨科作为专业领域的相关因素，与选择其他领域的女性进行比较。
在这项横断面调查中，来自以色列的 149 名女性住院医师——33 名专门从事骨科，116 名从事其他领域——完成了一份问卷。对这两组进行了比较。
骨科住院医师在医学学习期间更有可能接受该领域的临床培训，并且更有可能在学习前和学习期间表达过专门从事骨科的愿望。此外，骨科住院医师在选择专业领域时更看重工作保障，而相反，对生活方式则完全不看重。在因住院医师而产生的不满程度方面，两组之间没有差异。然而，骨科住院医师更倾向于认为在骨科领域存在性别歧视，但尽管如此，他们更倾向于推荐骨科住院医师。住院医师的不满程度与推荐骨科住院医师的意愿之间存在负相关。
两组之间的差异表明，可能有一些因素与女性选择骨科作为专业领域有关。这些发现可能有助于制定吸引女性从事骨科专业的策略。
