Is There Difference Between Male and Female Surgeons?
Research is showing that there’s really no difference when it comes to male and female surgeons.
My Daughter
I’ll start by telling this story. For as long as I can remember, my daughter wanted to be a doctor, and not just any doctor, she wanted to be a surgeon. However, while in medical school, the only surgery she was taught was “scoping”. She didn’t want to scope, she wanted to cut you open and fix what was wrong. In the end, she switched specialties and is now doing her fellowship in pulmonology and critical care.
Finding A Doctor
Here’s another story. A few years ago when I was trying to find a doctor, since I hadn’t seen one in more than a decade, I really wanted a female doctor. I just thought it would be a good fit. I thought female doctors would listen more and would be more attentive to my concerns. Well, the only one I could find was not taking new patients, so, I settled on someone else. A male doctor, who is really great.
Research on Male and Female Surgeons
That brings me to this story, research that wanted to determine if there was any difference in the rates of death or complications between male and female surgeons.
Interestingly, the article points out that in Japan, female surgeons are more likely to be assigned high-risk patients than male patients, even though only 6% of Japanese surgeons are women.
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