Study looking at gender diversity in surgery “an important message for the HSE"

Salary and the prestige attached to the job are greater attractions for male medical students considering a career in surgery than for women, whose choices are significantly more influenced by part-time work, parental leave and working hours.

Study looking at gender diversity in surgery “an important message for the HSE"

Salary and the prestige attached to the job are greater attractions for male medical students considering a career in surgery than for women, whose choices are significantly more influenced by part-time work, parental leave and working hours.

This finding, contained in a new study looking at gender diversity in surgery “is an important message for the HSE,” according to Professor Peter Gillen, who co-authored the research.

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