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Extent and types of gender-based discrimination against female medical students and physicians at five university hospitals in Germany - results of an online survey

GMS journal for medical education, 2023-01, Vol.40 (6), p.Doc66-Doc66 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2023 Tameling et al. ;Copyright © 2023 Tameling et al. 2023 ;EISSN: 2366-5017 ;DOI: 10.3205/zma001648 ;PMID: 38125897

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  • Title:
    Extent and types of gender-based discrimination against female medical students and physicians at five university hospitals in Germany - results of an online survey
  • Author: Tameling, Jan-Filip ; Lohöfener, Mareike ; Bereznai, Judith ; Tran, Thi Phuong Anh ; Ritter, Marie ; Boos, Margarete
  • Subjects: Female ; female physicians ; female students ; gender-based discrimination ; Germany ; Hospitals, University ; Humans ; Male ; Physicians ; qualitative analysis ; Sexism ; Sexual Harassment ; Students, Medical ; Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Is Part Of: GMS journal for medical education, 2023-01, Vol.40 (6), p.Doc66-Doc66
  • Description: There is a gap in research on gender-based discrimination (GBD) in medical education and practice in Germany. This study therefore examines the extent and forms of GBD among female medical students and physicians in Germany. Causes, consequences and possible interventions of GBD are discussed. Female medical students ( =235) and female physicians ( =157) from five university hospitals in northern Germany were asked about their personal experiences with GBD in an online survey on self-efficacy expectations and individual perceptions of the "glass ceiling effect" using an open-ended question regarding their own experiences with GBD. The answers were analyzed by content analysis using inductive category formation and relative category frequencies. From both interviewed groups, approximately 75% each reported having experienced GBD. Their experiences fell into five main categories: sexual harassment with subcategories of verbal and physical, discrimination based on existing/possible motherhood with subcategories of structural and verbal, direct preference for men, direct neglect of women, and derogatory treatment based on gender. The study contributes to filling the aforementioned research gap. At the hospitals studied, GBD is a common phenomenon among both female medical students and physicians, manifesting itself in multiple forms. Transferability of the results beyond the hospitals studied to all of Germany seems plausible. Much is known about the causes, consequences and effective countermeasures against GBD. Those responsible for training and employers in hospitals should fulfill their responsibility by implementing measures from the set of empirically evaluated interventions.
  • Publisher: Germany: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
  • Language: English;German
  • Identifier: EISSN: 2366-5017
    DOI: 10.3205/zma001648
    PMID: 38125897
  • Source: Open Access: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
    Open Access: PubMed Central
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