The confidence gap: Findings for women in plastic surgery.

Autor: Van Boerum MS; Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 N 1900 E #3B400, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA. Electronic address: melody.vanboerum@hsc.utah.edu., Jarman AF; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, 2315 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA., Veith J; Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 N 1900 E #3B400, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA., McCarty Allen C; Study Design and Biostatistics Center, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT, 84122, USA., Holoyda KA; Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 N 1900 E #3B400, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA., Agarwal C; Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 N 1900 E #3B400, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA., Crombie C; Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 N 1900 E #3B400, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA., Cochran A; Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, 395 W. 12th Avenue, Suite 670, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of surgery [Am J Surg] 2020 Nov; Vol. 220 (5), pp. 1351-1357. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.06.037
Abstrakt: Background: In a surgical field, where surgeons are, "sometimes wrong, but never in doubt," lack of confidence can have detrimental effects on career advancement. In other fields there is evidence that a gap exists between women and men in the amount of confidence they display, and that confidence is a proxy for success.
Methods: This study used the General Self Efficacy Scale and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale confidence surveys to assess self confidence amongst female trainees and attending plastic surgeons, to search for baseline characteristics associated with higher confidence scores.
Results: Of the 73 participants, protective factors associated with increased female plastic surgeon confidence include age, parity, more advanced academic status, and mentorship.
Conclusions: In order to matriculate into a surgical training program, there must be a measure of confidence and resiliency, but further work needs to be done to identify and address gender gaps in training and early academic careers.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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