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Comparing the participation of men and women in academic medicine in medical colleges in Sudan: A cross-sectional survey

INTRODUCTION: In different countries around the world, the involvement of women in academic medicine was less in comparison with men. This study aimed to assess whether there were significant gender differences in research perception, practice, and publication in Sudan. METHODS: This was an analytic...

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Autores principales: Ibn Auf, Anas, Awadalla, Heitham, Ahmed, Magda Elhadi, Ahmed, Mohamed H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6432818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30993124
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_225_18
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Awadalla, Heitham
Ahmed, Magda Elhadi
Ahmed, Mohamed H.
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description INTRODUCTION: In different countries around the world, the involvement of women in academic medicine was less in comparison with men. This study aimed to assess whether there were significant gender differences in research perception, practice, and publication in Sudan. METHODS: This was an analytical cross-sectional study was carried out using questionnaire among 153 teaching staff of five Sudanese medical faculties from both genders, including teaching assistants, lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors. RESULTS: There were no significant differences among participants’ gender regarding their universities, qualifications, research training received after graduation, and participation in research currently or in the past or current position, but female participants seem to be younger as their mean of age was 38.8 (±9.2) compared with 42.6 (±10.1) for males. Importantly, the males’ researcher has not only published significantly more than females but also appeared to have significantly more years of research experience. The mean score of research perception was higher among male participants who indicated that they had a more favorable perception of research. CONCLUSION: The study showed that in Sudanese medical colleges significantly higher percentage of men published scientific papers more than women. In addition, the male also had a significantly higher mean score of research perception which indicated that they had a more favorable perception of research.
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spelling pubmed-64328182019-04-16 Comparing the participation of men and women in academic medicine in medical colleges in Sudan: A cross-sectional survey Ibn Auf, Anas Awadalla, Heitham Ahmed, Magda Elhadi Ahmed, Mohamed H. J Educ Health Promot Original Article INTRODUCTION: In different countries around the world, the involvement of women in academic medicine was less in comparison with men. This study aimed to assess whether there were significant gender differences in research perception, practice, and publication in Sudan. METHODS: This was an analytical cross-sectional study was carried out using questionnaire among 153 teaching staff of five Sudanese medical faculties from both genders, including teaching assistants, lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors. RESULTS: There were no significant differences among participants’ gender regarding their universities, qualifications, research training received after graduation, and participation in research currently or in the past or current position, but female participants seem to be younger as their mean of age was 38.8 (±9.2) compared with 42.6 (±10.1) for males. Importantly, the males’ researcher has not only published significantly more than females but also appeared to have significantly more years of research experience. The mean score of research perception was higher among male participants who indicated that they had a more favorable perception of research. CONCLUSION: The study showed that in Sudanese medical colleges significantly higher percentage of men published scientific papers more than women. In addition, the male also had a significantly higher mean score of research perception which indicated that they had a more favorable perception of research. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6432818/ /pubmed/30993124 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_225_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Education and Health Promotion http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Comparing the participation of men and women in academic medicine in medical colleges in Sudan: A cross-sectional survey
title_sort comparing the participation of men and women in academic medicine in medical colleges in sudan: a cross-sectional survey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6432818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30993124
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_225_18
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