Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Am J Surg. 2023 Nov;226(5):616-622. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.07.015. Epub 2023 Aug 11.
Career satisfaction among women surgeons have been well-reported in literature. This study provides a comprehensive review to understand career satisfaction and its contributory factors among female surgeons.
PRISMA guidelines were utilized to extract studies for systematic review and meta-analysis. Outcomes assessed included surgical career satisfaction, career reconsideration, work-life balance, and gender bias and discrimination (GBD). Odds ratios were calculated comparing women to men for each outcome.
This study demonstrated that female surgeons were less likely to endorse overall career satisfaction (OR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.55-0.85) and work-life balance satisfaction (OR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.40-0.92) compared to male surgeons. It also revealed that women surgeons were more likely to report workplace GBD (OR, 13.82; 95% CI, 4.37-43.65).
Future interventions may be necessary to increase career and work-life balance satisfaction among women surgeons while reconciling the need to ensure they are adequately informed of the obligations of a surgical career.
女性外科医生的职业满意度在文献中已有充分报道。本研究进行了全面综述,以了解女性外科医生的职业满意度及其促成因素。
本研究采用 PRISMA 指南提取系统评价和荟萃分析的研究。评估的结果包括外科职业满意度、职业再考虑、工作与生活平衡以及性别偏见和歧视(GBD)。对于每个结果,比较女性和男性的比值比(OR)。
本研究表明,与男性外科医生相比,女性外科医生对整体职业满意度(OR,0.68;95%CI,0.55-0.85)和工作与生活平衡满意度(OR,0.61;95%CI,0.40-0.92)的认可度较低。此外,女性外科医生更有可能报告工作场所的 GBD(OR,13.82;95%CI,4.37-43.65)。
未来可能需要采取干预措施,提高女性外科医生的职业和工作与生活平衡满意度,同时确保她们充分了解外科职业的义务。