June 23, 2003
A: FROM MENTOR DESIREE BUTTER IN PA
Brittany,
There is a very nice article about the history of women in medicine with
some current statistics at
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=115.
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June 20, 2003
A: FROM MENTOR SUSAN MODESITT IN KY
The gender differences are becoming less. Depending on the medical school, the
percentage of medical students that are women in usually around 40-45%.
Certain fields in medicine are still dominated by men (notably some of the
surgical specialties) and some fields are becoming predominantly women
(notably Obstetrics and Gynecology where about 70% of the residency
applicants are women). But every specialty is open to women, I have never
had a problem or a concern because of my gender.