Who wants to be a surgeon? A study of 300 first year medical students Export

@article{fysh07, abstract = {Women are still under-represented in surgery. 300 first year medical students at Guys Kings and St Thomas School of Medicine were asked their view on possible career choices at this stage. While men represented only 38\% of the student population, they represented over two-thirds of the students wishing to pursue a career in surgery. Women still opt for general practice and paediatrics. It appears that the choice is freely made and, at this stage at least, does not represent concerns about compatibility with lifestyle.}, author = {Fysh, Thomas H. S. and Thomas, Geraint and Ellis, Harold}, citeulike-article-id = {1056187}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-7-2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17239248}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17239248}, day = {19}, doi = {10.1186/1472-6920-7-2}, issn = {1472-6920}, journal = {BMC Medical Education}, keywords = {attitutes, education, gender, medical, profession, students, surgery}, month = {January}, pages = {2+}, posted-at = {2007-01-25 13:25:08}, priority = {2}, title = {Who wants to be a surgeon? A study of 300 first year medical students}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-7-2}, volume = {7}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - fysh07 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1056187 N2 - Women are still under-represented in surgery. 300 first year medical students at Guys Kings and St Thomas School of Medicine were asked their view on possible career choices at this stage. While men represented only 38% of the student population, they represented over two-thirds of the students wishing to pursue a career in surgery. Women still opt for general practice and paediatrics. It appears that the choice is freely made and, at this stage at least, does not represent concerns about compatibility with lifestyle. JF - BMC Medical Education SN - 1472-6920 TI - Who wants to be a surgeon? A study of 300 first year medical students VL - 7 SP - 2 KW - attitutes KW - education KW - gender KW - medical KW - profession KW - students KW - surgery AU - Fysh, Thomas AU - Thomas, Geraint AU - Ellis, Harold PY - 2007/01/19/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-7-2 ER -