Effects of Gender and Country of Training on Perceived Access to Opportunities for Neurosurgical Research and Gender-Concordant Mentorship
More male than female medical trainees in the surveyed countries reported interest in neurosurgery. However, access to adequate neurosurgical research opportunities, although relatively low overall, did not vary by gender in most countries. Access to gender-concordant mentorship was less common for women than for men, but women expressed that enhanced access to female neurosurgeon mentors would increase their interest in the field. These findings suggest potential avenues for intervention to augment and diversify the global neurosurgical workforce.
Authors
- Gayane Yenokyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1482-5612)
- Mari L. Groves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4938-897X)
- Michelle Odonkor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4510-1887)
- Olaoluwa Ezekiel Dada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8920-9449)
- Courtney Rory Goodwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6540-2751)
- Jordina Rincón-Torroella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-8231)
- Nancy Abu-Bonsrah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8195-1622)
- Bhavya Pahwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4010-8951)
- Judy Huang
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University College of Medical Sciences (IN)
- University of Ibadan (NG)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2024.09.016
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.93
Funders
- American University of Beirut
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Oxford
- King Saud University
- University of Ghana
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Universidad Industrial de Santander
- National Institutes of Health
- School of Medicine, Duke University
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences