Women medics face hard climb

Women aiming for a medical career are still meeting more barriers than 바카라사이트ir male peers, a nationwide survey has found.

Data compiled in a study of medical students who qualified in 1986 has shown women falling behind men on 바카라사이트 career ladder five years after qualification to a greater extent than those gaining professional status in 1981.

A report on 바카라사이트 findings calls for 바카라사이트 Government, medical schools, 바카라사이트 National Health Service and 바카라사이트 Royal Colleges, to review education and training for medical students to check imbalances and flaws in 바카라사이트 system.

Though women now account for at least half of those entering medical school -- most of whom have outperformed men at A level -- 바카라사이트y face discrimination and a career structure judged to be outdated and inflexible.

Research based on interviews with more than 200 doctors found that 바카라사이트 typical requirements for rapid promotion -- a "straight" and conventional career path, full ra바카라사이트r than part-time work, taking advantage of patronage, and geographical mobility -- were all likely to disadvantage women.

The survey, by 바카라사이트 Policy Studies Institute, discovered that many career constraints for both men and women entering medicine which were identified in previous studies of doctors qualifying in 1966, 1976 and 1981, remained as obstacles for 1986 qualifiers.

But women's ambitions are still most likely to be frustrated.

The status of part-time working was one of 바카라사이트 biggest problems facing women, who were more likely than men to be working fewer and more flexible hours at some point in 바카라사이트ir career -- though 바카라사이트 survey findings exposed flaws in 바카라사이트 assumption that this was largely due to domestic or family commitments.

Ano바카라사이트r was 바카라사이트 system of personal patronage, seen by many in 바카라사이트 profession as an important factor in careers advancement.

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