Ever heard this one?
"A young boy and his father are in a car accident. The father dies at
the scene. The boy is transported to the hospital, taken immediately
into surgery... but the surgeon steps out of the operating room and
says, "I can't operate on this boy - he is my son! ---How can this be?"
The surgeon is the boy's mother, of course. But unfortunately it's still the tendency of our society to think of surgeons and doctors as mainly male (maybe because women are oh sooo emotional and couldn't possibly have a strong standing in an analytical and technical profession). However, a report published by the University of Montreal argues that female doctors are actually outperforming men! Here's the article I read from Time:
http://healthland.time.com/2013/10/17/women-make-better-doctors-than-men/?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29
(Note: the author of the article is male; he seems a little biased and I don't always like his tone, but it's solid info.)
Here's a take from Jezebel, a feminist website:
http://jezebel.com/lady-doctors-are-outperforming-men-on-pretty-much-every-1447746274
Of course, this study was only focused on a relatively small group of people, and there's always the possibility of researcher bias, but I found it really interesting. Hopefully more and more women will continue to become doctors so that the answer to the aforementioned riddle will soon be obvious to everyone.
I still remember when I first heard that riddle back in Jr. High. I never even thought about it in this way!
ReplyDeleteI hope I live up to those standards.
ReplyDeleteI really like this article! I think there is a lot of truth to female doctors generally spending more time with their patients than male doctors. It seems like male doctors pop in and are out of patient rooms within like ten minutes. I really liked the quote you added in at the top too, I thought that was pretty cool and inspiring. Keep up the good work ladies!
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