Women Surgeons in Brazil: A Time Trend Analysis by Specialties in the Last Decade

Background In surgery, there is a gender worldwide gap. In Brazil, we still do not have studies that describe this scenario. Based on this lack of research, we aim to assess the prevalence of women in surgical specialties, how it has changed over the years and how long it will take to achieve an equ...

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Published in:World journal of surgery 2022-06, Vol.46 (6), p.1308-1313
Main Authors: Rangel Brandão, Gabriela, Iaroseski, Júlia, Bueno Motter, Sarah, Oliveira Trindade, Bruna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Surgery
Brazil
Cardiac Surgery
Child
Demography
Female
Gender
General Surgery
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Men
Neurosurgery
Pediatrics
Physicians, Women
Regression analysis
Specialties, Surgical
Surgeons
Surgery
Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries
Thoracic Surgery
Trend analysis
Urology
Vascular Surgery
Women
Workforce
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Summary:Background In surgery, there is a gender worldwide gap. In Brazil, we still do not have studies that describe this scenario. Based on this lack of research, we aim to assess the prevalence of women in surgical specialties, how it has changed over the years and how long it will take to achieve an equal distribution of men and women surgeons in Brazil. Methods We conducted a retrospective review of the last five editions of the Brazilian Medical Demography (2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2020). We analyzed the absolute and proportional (women/total) increase in women registered in 13 surgical specialties in Brazil. We performed a linear regression, and we estimated the expected year of equal distribution of women and men in each subspecialty, through the linear regression equation. Results In absolute numbers of women, all surgical specialties presented a linear increase over the years ( p
ISSN:0364-2313
1432-2323
DOI:10.1007/s00268-022-06488-y