D. is a first year resident in Prelim program. She said that she loves everybody on her floor (when in hospital shifts) and has a great relationship with attending (male) . He actually knew about D. from his wife. The only negative experience so far has been with the female doctor and there is nothing about any kind of remarks, just accountability issue . Starting with next year, D. will be in her specialty, it is somewhat female dominated field.
OK, one specialty that D. did not care about because of social environment was surgery. It did not have to do with gender at all, but D. believed that social environment could be improved substantially there.
Out of 3 programs that D. was interviewed in NE, she liked only one. She did not feel that she was fitting socially in 2 others, but was ready to go anywhere. She felt that it had to do with her being from Midwest, and had nothing to do with her gender. The only person who did not match in D’s specialty was male. If D. ever accounted the “gender” problem, she did not mentioned it to me, which tells me that she probably did not have any as she usually let me know and more so about social type of issues.