Does students' exposure to gender discrimination and sexual harassment in medical school affect specialty choice and residency program selection?

Purpose: To examine the role of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in medical students' choice of specialty and residency program.

Method: Anonymous, self-administered questionnaires were distributed in 1997 to fourth-year students enrolled in 14 public and private U.S.

Gender discrimination and sexual harassment in medical education: perspectives gained by a 14-school study.

Purpose: The authors attempted to determine male and female medical students' exposures to and perceptions of gender discrimination and sexual harassment (GD/SH) in selected academic and nonacademic contexts.

Method: An anonymous, self-report questionnaire was administered in the spring of 1997 to senior medical students at 14 U.S.

The Effect of Gender and Age on Medical School Performance: An Important Interaction.

Being able to predict medical school performance is essential to help ensure the supply of quality physicians. The purpose of our study was to examine the influence of gender and age on academic performance (AP) and on academic difficulty (AD). The study involved all matriculants of 3 classes at one medical school.