The only girl in the room: How paradigmatic trajectories deter female students from surgical careers

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 547-556

  Hill, Elspeth ^a,b   Vaughan, Suzanne ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE PLAYING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; STEREOTYPING; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84877830973     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12134     Document Type: Letter

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