More women entering general surgery careers is a harbinger of the medical workforce. The number of women in general surgery residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is rapidly approaching parity with the number of men. While this is an encouraging trend, gender equity is much more than numbers.
Our Study
To investigate the number of women in general surgery residencies, we gathered 24 years of data from the national graduate medical education census, administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and American Medical Association.
