Effects of Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Surgical Training

Abstract: This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effects of pro-male stereotypes on female surgical residents.

Publication: JAMA Surgery

Date Published: May 20, 2020

Author(s): Sara P. Myers, MD, PhD, Mohini Dasari, MD, MS, and Joshua B. Brown, MD, MSc

This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.