TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between gender and career choice in medicine – an overview
AU - Campbell, A.
AU - Dennis, A.
AU - Wilkinson, T.
AU - McAleer, S.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Medicine has traditionally been regarded as a career predominated by males however the trends in the UK show that this is not accurate. From 2020, it is expected that the majority of clinicians will be female. Existing trends, however, show that certain medical and surgical specialities are male or female dominated, in some specialities to the extent that over 80% of clinicians are of the same gender. Some suggested reasons for this imbalance are personality traits, discrimination and the availability of role models although it is clear that this issue is multifactorial. Until the causes for this gender imbalance can be understood, efforts to address the situation are likely to be limited.
AB - Medicine has traditionally been regarded as a career predominated by males however the trends in the UK show that this is not accurate. From 2020, it is expected that the majority of clinicians will be female. Existing trends, however, show that certain medical and surgical specialities are male or female dominated, in some specialities to the extent that over 80% of clinicians are of the same gender. Some suggested reasons for this imbalance are personality traits, discrimination and the availability of role models although it is clear that this issue is multifactorial. Until the causes for this gender imbalance can be understood, efforts to address the situation are likely to be limited.
KW - Career choice
KW - Gender
KW - Medicine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089006006&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09589236.2020.1801396
DO - 10.1080/09589236.2020.1801396
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089006006
VL - 29
SP - 852
EP - 855
JO - Journal of Gender Studies
JF - Journal of Gender Studies
SN - 0958-9236
IS - 7
ER -