Barriers to Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Cross Sectional Survey

Sayre, Kelly S.; Carver, K.Z.; Anderson, Shelby S.; Moe, Jessica

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2019.06.070

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“…It seems important to investigate in future research not merely if female dental students and OMS residents are as likely as male students to have a faculty OMS role model, but also to explore if female students have opportunities to shadow and work with gender‐consistent faculty. Recent research described the lack of female mentors and role models for potential female applicants to OMS 30 . This situation needs to be considered in connection with the finding that female medical students reported that having a female role model was the most influential factor that motivated them to pursue surgery 31 .…”

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“…A recent publication discussed the short‐term impact of this program after one year of implementation, including satisfactory matching of dental students with OMS female mentors (participants included 73 mentors and 181 mentees) 31 . Furthermore, the Second Annual Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Leadership Symposium, held at the University of Michigan in March 2019, aimed to address gender disparities in OMS 38 …”

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“…Recent research described the lack of female mentors and role models for potential female applicants to OMS. 30 This situation needs to be considered in connection with the finding that female medical students reported that having a female role model was the most influential factor that motivated them to pursue surgery. 31 With this finding in mind, the fact that more male than female students had shadowed in an OMS office prior to entering dental school raises the additional question of how many female students had shadowed gender-consistent practitioners.…”

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“…31 Furthermore, the Second Annual Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Leadership Symposium, held at the University of Michigan in March 2019, aimed to address gender disparities in OMS. 38 However, no publications could be found that described OMS pipeline programs related to long-term outcomes at the pre-doctoral level. It could be worthwhile to analyze the success of programs in medical schools that succeeded in increasing the numbers of women and students from underrepresented minority backgrounds in procedure-based medical specialties.…”

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Oral maxillofacial surgery resident, faculty and practitioner role models and dental students' interest in oral maxillofacial surgery careers: Does gender matter?

Marti

Edwards

Inglehart

2023

Journal of Dental Education

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Purpose: Residency programs in oral maxillofacial surgery (OMS) have the lowest percentage (2020: 18.4%) of female graduates among all dental specialty programs. When considering this underrepresentation of female OMS residents, prior studies have not examined how OMS role models might shape dental students' interest in OMS careers. The objectives were to assess female versus male students' OMS-related career motivation, their experiences/attitudes toward three groups of OMS role models (i.e., OMS residents, faculty, and practitioners), and relationships between role model-related experiences/attitudes and career motivation.Methods: 363 female and 335 male students from 14 United States and two Canadian dental schools participated in this cross-sectional study by responding to an online survey. Results: 13.8% of female and 26% of male respondents (p < 0.001) were much/very much interested in OMS careers. More male than female students had shadowed an OMS in an office setting (43.4% vs. 35.1%; p < 0.05). The groups did not differ in their motivation to learn more and earlier about OMS nor in the quantity of OMS-related experiences prior to and during dental school. However, male students were more satisfied with the quality of these experiences (5-point scale with 5 = most positive: Means: 3.76 vs. 3.53; p < 0.05), were more comfortable approaching/working with OMS instructors (3.51 vs. 3.19; p < 0.01) and reported to have learned more from residents (3.52 vs. 3.31; p < 0.05) and faculty (3.75 vs. 3.45; p < 0.01) than female students. Female students agreed less that OMS residents, faculty, and practitioners encouraged students to pursue OMS (3.27 vs. 3.44; p < 0.01 / 3.46 vs. 3.63; p < 0.01 / 3.45 vs. 3.61; p < 0.01). Role modelrelated experiences and attitudes correlated with an interest in an OMS career. Conclusions:The two groups do not differ in the quantity of most OMS experiences before and during dental school and their motivation to learn more andThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%