Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 8 , Pages 228-229, August 2008

Women in medicine

Susan Ward FRCOG FRCS (Ed) DM is Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK

Abstract 

Career progression and opportunities for women in medicine have been under discussion in the media recently since the publication of a chapter called “Opportunity Blocks” in the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer in 2007. It has been suggested that there might be too many women at medical school and that workforce planning requires that action should be taken to redress the balance and attract more male students into medicine. This article explores some of the issues including possible reasons for the apparent lack of women ‘at the top’ in consultant posts, with particular reference to Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Keywords: female consultants, flexible training, medical training, Medical Women’s Federation, women in medicine

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PII: S1751-7214(08)00117-6

doi:10.1016/j.ogrm.2008.06.005

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 8 , Pages 228-229, August 2008

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