%0 Meta-Analysis
%T Career satisfaction in women surgeons: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
%A Pearson C
%A Piper M
%A Bhanja D
%A Zhou S
%A Burns AS
%J Am J Surg
%V 226
%N 5
%D 2023 11 11
%M 37586896
%F 3.125
%R 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.07.015
%X Career satisfaction among women surgeons have been well-reported in literature. This study provides a comprehensive review to understand career satisfaction and its contributory factors among female surgeons.<BR>PRISMA guidelines were utilized to extract studies for systematic review and meta-analysis. Outcomes assessed included surgical career satisfaction, career reconsideration, work-life balance, and gender bias and discrimination (GBD). Odds ratios were calculated comparing women to men for each outcome.<BR>This study demonstrated that female surgeons were less likely to endorse overall career satisfaction (OR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.55-0.85) and work-life balance satisfaction (OR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.40-0.92) compared to male surgeons. It also revealed that women surgeons were more likely to report workplace GBD (OR, 13.82; 95% CI, 4.37-43.65).<BR>Future interventions may be necessary to increase career and work-life balance satisfaction among women surgeons while reconciling the need to ensure they are adequately informed of the obligations of a surgical career.