TY - JOUR
T1 - A descriptive analysis of general surgery residency program directors in the United States
AU - Hughes, Alexa
AU - Im, Kyuseok
AU - Zhu, Junjia
AU - Saunders, Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - Background: Women remain underrepresented in surgery. We analyzed the demographics of general surgery program directors (PDs) and compared gender differences. Methods: A search of online resources was conducted, including 344 general surgery residencies. Results: 340 residencies were included. 261 PDs (76.8%) were male and 79 (23.2%) were female. Females were appointed at a younger age (p < 0.0001), were appointed sooner after residency (p < 0.0001) and have served similar term lengths compared to males (p = 0.556). There was no difference in academic position, fellowship training, or scholarly output between genders. Residencies with a female PD had a greater percentage of female residents (p = 0.04). Conclusion: General surgery PDs are predominately male with fellowship training; however the percentage of female PDs is similar to the percentage of practicing female general surgeons in the US. Gaining a better understanding of the characteristics of general surgery PDs can aid female surgeons in attaining academic leadership positions.
AB - Background: Women remain underrepresented in surgery. We analyzed the demographics of general surgery program directors (PDs) and compared gender differences. Methods: A search of online resources was conducted, including 344 general surgery residencies. Results: 340 residencies were included. 261 PDs (76.8%) were male and 79 (23.2%) were female. Females were appointed at a younger age (p < 0.0001), were appointed sooner after residency (p < 0.0001) and have served similar term lengths compared to males (p = 0.556). There was no difference in academic position, fellowship training, or scholarly output between genders. Residencies with a female PD had a greater percentage of female residents (p = 0.04). Conclusion: General surgery PDs are predominately male with fellowship training; however the percentage of female PDs is similar to the percentage of practicing female general surgeons in the US. Gaining a better understanding of the characteristics of general surgery PDs can aid female surgeons in attaining academic leadership positions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.06.020
DO - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.06.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 35780075
AN - SCOPUS:85133363162
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 224
SP - 1247
EP - 1251
JO - American Journal of Surgery
JF - American Journal of Surgery
IS - 5
ER -