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Is the glass ceiling in gastroenterology gone?

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 83; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.gie.2016.01.066

1097-6779

Stacy B. Menees, Grace H. Elta,

Innovations in Medical Education

Gastroenterology has historically been one of the slowest fields in medicine to attract women. In 2006, only 10 years ago, gastroenterology ranked 30th of 36 medical specialties in the proportion of active physicians who were women. Among internal medicine subspecialties, both cardiology and gastroenterology were slow to attract female internal medicine residents, although in the last several years it appears that gastroenterology has caught up somewhat. The American Board of Internal Medicine resident and fellow workforce survey reports that in 2013/2014, 45% of internal medicine residents were women, 38% of all first-year fellows in the various subspecialties were women, and 35% of first-year gastroenterology fellows are women.