“Choose a softer field”: how gendered mentorship and institutional culture limit women in surgery

Bakhtawar Latif; Faisal Ahsaan; Ayesha Latif

doi:10.36834/cmej.81754

“Choose a softer field”: how gendered mentorship and institutional culture limit women in surgery

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Bakhtawar Latif Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al- Nahyan Medical & Dental College https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8719-0086
Faisal Ahsaan Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al- Nahyan Medical & Dental College https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2529-0191
Ayesha Latif Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences

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2025-07-16

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Latif B, Ahsaan F, Latif A. “Choose a softer field”: how gendered mentorship and institutional culture limit women in surgery . Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2025 Jul. 16 [cited 2025 Dec. 5];16(4):75-6. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/81754

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Vol. 16 No. 4 (2025)

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