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Exposure to Otolaryngology: Impact on Female Students Considering Surgery

Introduction: Otolaryngology continues to be dominated by men. As of 2019, only 18.4% of practicing otolaryngologists were women. The goal of this project was to introduce female students to otolaryngology as a career. Methods: A Women in Otolaryngology event was held in September 2021. Participants...

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Autores principales: DiNardo, Lauren A, Reese, Alyssa, Ma, Alison C, Virgen, Celina, Carr, Michele M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10493467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37700933
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43328
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author DiNardo, Lauren A
Reese, Alyssa
Ma, Alison C
Virgen, Celina
Carr, Michele M
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description Introduction: Otolaryngology continues to be dominated by men. As of 2019, only 18.4% of practicing otolaryngologists were women. The goal of this project was to introduce female students to otolaryngology as a career. Methods: A Women in Otolaryngology event was held in September 2021. Participants included undergraduate and first- or second-year medical students from the University at Buffalo. During the event, students rotated through three skills stations working with female otolaryngology residents and attending physicians. Participants completed pre-and post-course surveys regarding their attitudes toward women in surgery and their perceptions of surgery and otolaryngology. Results: A total of 17 students that completed both the pre- and post-course surveys were included. The mean age was 22.6 years (range 18-25 yr). Specifically, 13 (76.5%) of the participants were Caucasian, three (17.6%) were Asian, and one (5.9%) was Hispanic, and 15 (88.2%) were medical students. On the pretest, 10 (55.6%) participants strongly agreed or agreed that otolaryngology as a career is open to females, while on the posttest, 16 (88.9%) participants strongly agreed or agreed (p=0.002). Nine (50.0%) participants strongly agreed or agreed that they have access to resources to help make a decision if they want to pursue a career in otolaryngology before the event, while, after the event, 16 (88.9%) participants strongly agreed or agreed (p=0.007). Five (27.8%) participants strongly agreed or agreed prior to the event that they felt confident in their knowledge of what otolaryngology includes, while afterward 15 (83.3%) strongly agreed or agreed (p=0.002). Conclusion: The Women in Otolaryngology event increased participants' confidence in understanding otolaryngology, promoted understanding of resources available, and demonstrated the openness of the specialty to women.
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spelling pubmed-104934672023-09-12 Exposure to Otolaryngology: Impact on Female Students Considering Surgery DiNardo, Lauren A Reese, Alyssa Ma, Alison C Virgen, Celina Carr, Michele M Cureus Medical Education Introduction: Otolaryngology continues to be dominated by men. As of 2019, only 18.4% of practicing otolaryngologists were women. The goal of this project was to introduce female students to otolaryngology as a career. Methods: A Women in Otolaryngology event was held in September 2021. Participants included undergraduate and first- or second-year medical students from the University at Buffalo. During the event, students rotated through three skills stations working with female otolaryngology residents and attending physicians. Participants completed pre-and post-course surveys regarding their attitudes toward women in surgery and their perceptions of surgery and otolaryngology. Results: A total of 17 students that completed both the pre- and post-course surveys were included. The mean age was 22.6 years (range 18-25 yr). Specifically, 13 (76.5%) of the participants were Caucasian, three (17.6%) were Asian, and one (5.9%) was Hispanic, and 15 (88.2%) were medical students. On the pretest, 10 (55.6%) participants strongly agreed or agreed that otolaryngology as a career is open to females, while on the posttest, 16 (88.9%) participants strongly agreed or agreed (p=0.002). Nine (50.0%) participants strongly agreed or agreed that they have access to resources to help make a decision if they want to pursue a career in otolaryngology before the event, while, after the event, 16 (88.9%) participants strongly agreed or agreed (p=0.007). Five (27.8%) participants strongly agreed or agreed prior to the event that they felt confident in their knowledge of what otolaryngology includes, while afterward 15 (83.3%) strongly agreed or agreed (p=0.002). Conclusion: The Women in Otolaryngology event increased participants' confidence in understanding otolaryngology, promoted understanding of resources available, and demonstrated the openness of the specialty to women. Cureus 2023-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10493467/ /pubmed/37700933 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43328 Text en Copyright © 2023, DiNardo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10493467/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43328
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