Gender differences in the acquisition of surgical skills: a systematic review

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3065-3073

  Ali, Amir ^a   Subhi, Yousif ^a,b   Ringsted, Charlotte ^c,d   Konge, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Medical education; Surgery; Surgical career; Surgical simulation; Surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SELECTION BIAS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SURGICAL SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EUROPE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944357588     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-015-4092-2     Document Type: Article

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