| Changing gender profile of medical schools in South Africa. | |
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PMID: 18785399 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Since 1994, higher education policy has been committed to equity of access for all, irrespective of race and gender. OBJECTIVES: We investigated progress towards these goals in the education of medical doctors, with an emphasis on gender. METHODS: Databases from the Department of Education (DoE), Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and University of Cape Town (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences were used to explore undergraduate (MB ChB) trends at all eight medical schools and postgraduate (MMed) trends at UTC. RESULTS: Nationally women have outnumbered men in MBChB enrollments since 2000, figures ranging between 52% and 63% at seven of the eight medical schools in 2005. However, the rate of change in the medical profession lags behind and it will take more than two decades for female doctors to outnumber male doctors. A study of UCT postgraduate enrollments shows that females had increased to 42% of MMed enrollments in 2005. However, female postgraduate students were concentrated in disciplines such as paediatrics and psychiatry and comprised no more than 11% of enrollments in the surgical disciplines between 1999 and 2005. CONCLUSIONS: The study provides a basic quantitative overview of the changing profile of medical enrollments and raises questions about the career choices of women after they graduate and the social factors influencing these choices. |
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Authors:
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Mignonne Breier; Angelique Wildschut |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde Volume: 98 ISSN: 0256-9574 ISO Abbreviation: S. Afr. Med. J. Publication Date: 2008 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-09-12 Completed Date: 2008-10-02 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404520 Medline TA: S Afr Med J Country: South Africa |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 557-60 Citation Subset: IM |
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Research Programme on Education, Science and Skills Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria. mbreier@hsrc.ac.za |
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Adult Databases as Topic Education, Medical / statistics & numerical data* Education, Medical, Graduate / statistics & numerical data Education, Medical, Undergraduate / statistics & numerical data Female Humans Male Physicians, Women / statistics & numerical data* Pilot Projects Schools, Medical / statistics & numerical data* Socioeconomic Factors South Africa Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data* |
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