Gender stereotypes: An explanation to the underrepresentation of women in emergency medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 775-779

  Pelaccia, Thierry ^a,b   Delplanq, Hervé ^a   Triby, Emmanuel ^a,b   Bartier, Jean Claude ^a   Leman, Cécile ^a   Hadef, Hysham ^a   Pottecher, Thierry ^a,b   Jean Pierre Dupeyron, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Career choice; Emergency medicine; Medical education; Motivation; Self efficacy; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREER; CAREER PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY;

CAREER CHOICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955879605     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00793.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Keyes LE. Underpaid women, stressed out men, satisfied emergency physicians. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:729-31.
2. Brotherton SE, Etzel SI. Graduate medical education, 2008-2009. JAMA. 2009;302:1357-72.
3. Boyd JS, Clyne B, Reinert SE, Zink BJ. Emergency medicine career choice: a profile of factors and influences from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) graduation questionnaires. Acad Emerg Med. 2009;16:544-9.
4. Lambert EM, Holmboe ES. The relationship between specialty choice and gender of U. S. medical students, 1990-2003. Acad Med. 2005;80:797-802.
5. Weiten W, Lloyd MA, Dunn DS, Hammer EY. Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2008.
6. Bandura A. Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. New York, NY: Freeman & Co, 1997.
7. Schunk DH, Zimmerman BJ. Competence and control beliefs: distinguishing the means and ends. In: Alexander PA, Winne PH, eds. Handbook of Educational Psychology, 2nd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006, pp 349-67.
8. Pintrich PR, Smith D, Garcia T, McKeachie WJ. A manual for the use of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire (MSLQ). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan (National Center for Research to Improve Postsecondary Teaching and Learning), 1991.
9. Frank E, Totten V, Andrew L. Characteristics of women emergency physicians. Internet J Emerg Inten Care Med. 2000; 4: e1.
10. Clem KJ, Promes SB, Glickman SW, et al. Factors enhancing career satisfaction among female emergency physicians. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:723-8.
11. Dorsey ER, Jarjoura D, Rutecki GW. The influence of controllable lifestyle and sex on the specialty choices of graduating U. S. medical students, 1996-2003. Acad Med. 2005;80:791-6.
12. Stratton TD, McLaughlin MA, Witte FM, Fosson SE, Nora LM. Does students' exposure to gender discrimination and sexual harassment in medical school affect specialty choice and residency program selection? Acad Med. 2005;80:400-9.
13. Notice relative to the list of suitability for employment as a consultant in public hospitals, Year 2009. Official Journal of the French Republic. 2009.
14. Bandura A. Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986.
15. Lippa RA. Gender, Nature, and Nurture. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
16. Paice E, Heard S, Moss F. How important are role models in making good doctors? BMJ. 2002;325:707-10.
17. Neumayer L, Kaiser S, Anderson K, et al. Perceptions of women medical students and their influence on career choice. Am J Surg. 2002;183:146-50.
18. Marx DM, Roman JS. Female role models: protecting women's math test performance. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2002;28:1183-93.
19. Wright S, Wong A, Newill C. The impact of role models on medical students. J Gen Intern Med. 1997;12:53-6.
20. Baxter N, Cohen R, McLeod R. The impact of gender on the choice of surgery as a career. Am J Surg. 1996;172:373-6.
21. Pintrich PR, Smith DA, Garcia T, McKeachie WJ. Reliability and predictive validity of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). Educ Psychol Meas. 1993;53:801-3.