Abstract

In general surgery, women earn less money and hold fewer leadership positions compared with their male counterparts.To assess whether differences exist between the perspectives of male and female general surgery residents on future career goals, salary expectations, and salary negotiation that may contribute to disparity later in their careers.This study was based on an anonymous and voluntary survey sent to 19 US general surgery programs. A total of 606 categorical residents at general surgery programs across the United States received the survey. Data were collected from August through September 2017 and analyzed from September through December 2017.Comparison of responses between men and women to detect any differences in career goals, salary expectation, and perspectives toward salary negotiation at a resident level.A total of 427 residents (70.3%) responded, and 407 responses (230 male [58.5%]; mean age, 30.0 years [95% CI, 29.8-30.4 years]) were complete. When asked about salary expectation, female residents had lower expectations compared with men in minimum starting salary ($249?502 [95% CI, $236?815-$262 190] vs $267?700 [95% CI, $258?964-$276?437]; P?=?.003) and in ideal starting salary ($334?709 [95% CI, $318?431-$350?987] vs $364?663 [95% CI, $351?612-$377?715]; P?

View details for DOI 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2879

View details for PubMedID 31461140