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. 2005 Dec 6;173(12):1439-40.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.050739.

Are applicants to Canadian residency programs rejected because of their sex?

Mark O Baerlocher  1 , Allan S Detsky
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Are applicants to Canadian residency programs rejected because of their sex?

Mark O Baerlocher et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Fig. 1: Odds ratios of male:female applicants not being matched to their top-ranked specialty; error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. *Includes all disciplines listed; †includes all specialties listed except family medicine; ‡excludes neurology; §includes general surgery, cardiac surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, urology and ophthalmology.
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Comment in

  • Sex ratio for medical residencies.
    Block WD. Block WD. CMAJ. 2006 May 9;174(10):1450. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1060063. CMAJ. 2006. PMID: 16682718 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

References

    1. Burton KR, Wong IK. A force to contend with: the gender gap closes in Canadian medical schools. CMAJ 2004;170(9):1385-6. - PMC - PubMed