How to get female doctors to speak up at medical events
Getting rid of all male panels and letting women ask the first question work wonders, a UK study shows.
Tag: Gender
Cardiology ‘not female friendly’, according to women in the profession
Australian survey shows women in cardiology delay parenting and have a poor work-life balance.
Is it time to retire ‘Mr’ from surgeons’ titles?
Adelaide surgeons Dr Michael Ee and Dr Amy Jeeves are part of a push to drop the convention, arguing it's old-fashioned and discriminatory.Â
Men’s outcomes worse with COVID-19 than women’s: study
Regardless of health status, men become sicker, despite being younger and having less risk factors.
AMA gets GP membership boost but still lacks female doctors
Only 37% of the association's members are female.
Doctors more likely to delay childbearing than other women: study
The profession needs to support women to have children at all stage of their career, conclude Canadian researchers.
Does increasing diversity in your workplace improve performance?
Is there a case to be made for variety to increase performance?
Female vs male GP prescribing: 100-day disparity in take-up of NOACs
Female GPs were slower at prescribing NOACs to patients than their male counterparts.
‘I don’t care about your f***ing surgeries’: Life as an unaccredited registrar
An extract from Dr Yumiko Kadota's new book.
Practice attacked in media for charging extra to see a female GP
Another practice is embroiled in a media storm after announcing its female doctors planned to charge a 'small' out-of-pocket cost.
