title: Upcoming female preponderance within surgery residents and the association of sex with the surgical career choice in the new millennium: results from a national survey in France.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Women are increasingly entering the medical studies. We aim to investigate surgical residents' career decision making among surgical residents and to assess the presence of women.
  
  
  METHODS
  An "electronic questionnaire" of self-assessment was distributed to the 2,500 current French surgical residents. Items analyzed included population characteristics, demographics, educational experiences, and choice of career.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a response rate of 31.2% (n = 779). The male/female ratio was 1.1 with 370 women (47.5%). The mean age was 28 ± 2 years. All surgical specialties were represented. Sex was significantly associated with the choice of surgical specialty (P < .05). Female residents had a shorter working time per week than male residents (P < .001). Sex was significantly linked with future career plans as female residents expected to work in a public hospital (P = .005) and as male residents expected to work in private practice (P = .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Female surgical residents are more populous than ever among surgical residents. Sex appears to be linked with where and how the residents expect to work in the future.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Urology, Hospital Pitié-Salpétrière, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, University Paris VI, 47-83 bvd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. morgan.roupret@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rouprêt
authors.forename: Léon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maggiori
authors.forename: Jérémie H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lefevre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011331:Private Practice; D012647:Self-Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires