“Instead of saying I want this surgeon to do X, I’m really saying my patient needs Y, and then it goes into the queue, and then the next available surgeon, specialist, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist, that is able to see those needs is brought forward as opposed to saying it’s Dr. The study found that while referring physicians had 6.6 per cent higher odds of referring to specialists of the same gender, they were also more likely to refer to specialists with similar years of experience and those practising at the same hospital. The association says a system like this would make it so primary care physicians could send patients to specialists with the shortest wait times, which might help narrow the gender pay gap since female doctors are thought to have shorter wait lists than men because of referral biases. Park notes that through this research they can work toward building solutions and addressing inefficiencies in the system through steps such as a gender-blind, centralized referral system. “This really bodes for the future of our profession to say this is not something that should be happening and it’s something that we’re invested in researching and understanding the solutions that are required to close this gap.”
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Park says with more women physicians graduating from medical school than men, it’s important to look at how to address this issue now. The researchers warn this gap will likely remain unless there are policy changes that allow female specialists to have more opportunities to perform procedures and acquire skills. coli outbreak brings supply chain, inspections into question doctor who worked with Canadian aid worker killed in Ukraine calls for federal denouncement of attack Should Canadians still use nasal decongestants? What we know after FDA panel ruling.coli outbreak parents to Alberta premier: ‘What are you going to do?’ I think it’s really important to have frank conversations about where we have those biases and where we can therefore work to create a more equitable playing field for women coming into this field.”
“I think what it reflects is that we have some definite unconscious bias in the way we practise medicine, and that has implications both for our physician colleagues and our patients. “The fact that the gender pay gap in medicine remains so many years after it was first identified is worrying, especially as more than 40 per cent of physicians in Canada are women,” OMA president Dr. Research published by the association found that male specialists earned almost five per cent more for each referral and disproportionately more referrals than their female counterparts. New research from the Ontario Medical Association has found male specialists get more referrals and higher billings, leading to a noticeable gender pay gap between male and female physicians.
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