Community Sexual and Reproductive Health (CSRH) is a specialty concerned with caring for the sexual health needs of men and women, often but not exclusively in community settings. This includes services such as contraception, sexually transmitted infections, medical gynaecology, menopause, psychosexual medicine, sexual assault and care of women with unplanned pregnancy. Whether your post is … [Read more…]
If variety is the spice of life for you, then obstetrics and gynaecology could be a fantastic career choice, as you care for pregnant woman, her unborn child and the management of diseases specific to women. What makes this section of medicine so intriguing is that you are generally dealing with healthy women, but unexpected … [Read more…]
Trends in gender pain perception analysed A study of more than 10,000 patients has revealed that men are said to feel more pain than women after a major operation, whilst women experience more pain after minor surgeries. The research, which covered four years worth of operations on 10,200 patients across University Hospitals of the Ruhr University … [Read more…]
Although sexism has been hailed as a thing of the past, there are still some variances in the working patterns and roles between men and women, as demonstrated in recent figures from the NHS. These reveal that the collective NHS workforce mainly consists of women, with over 70% of females leading our healthcare services. However, … [Read more…]
Gender roles have undergone a massive overhaul in recent years, and this can clearly be seen in new figures from the NHS. Women form the majority of the NHS workforce, especially in non-clinical roles, as females occupy 81% of the NHS’s non-medical staff. More women are now in full time employment, with two thirds working … [Read more…]
