Women in Medicine
Women in anaesthesia: a quiet revolution worth naming
The composition of the anaesthesia workforce is changing. What that means for training, for departments, and for patients.
Dr. Priyamvada Goel5 min read
More than half of new anaesthesia trainees in many programmes are now women. The conversation has shifted from whether women belong in the specialty to how departments adapt to a workforce they should have built for all along.
Mentorship matters more than slogans. So does the design of call rotas, parental leave, and academic timelines.
Visibility is not vanity. A student who sees a senior woman running a complex case is being taught something the syllabus cannot teach.