Abstract:

Purpose: The aim of the research is to determine whether the fields of specialization in medicine differ according to gender. In addition, it was aimed to determine whether the fields of specialization, subspecialties, titles of physicians and ownership of the hospital differ according to gender. Materials and Methods: With this descriptive study, 23,473 physicians working in medical faculties affiliated to 88 public and foundation universities in Turkey were examined according to certain criteria. Results: Female physicians focused on medical pathology, skin and venereal diseases, histology and embryology, child and adolescent mental health and diseases, physical medicine and rehabilitation, family medicine; male physicians focused on orthopedics and traumatology, urology, neurosurgery, general surgery, cardiovascular surgery, plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, cardiology, otorhinolaryngology, thoracic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery. This differentiation between male and female physicians according to branches was statistically significant. While the difference between internal, surgical and basic medical sciences by gender was statistically significant, this difference in subspecialties was not statistically significant. Conclusion: There is a differentiation by gender among the main areas of expertise.There is a perception of masculinity for surgical branches and femininity for internal and basic medicine branches, and it can be said that physicians' specialization preferences are not independent of the sexist roles imposed on them by the society.

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