Fig 1.
Conceptual framework.
Table 1.
Summary of the methods, respondents, objectives addressed and some variables/sample questions.
Table 2.
Codes and sub-codes used for qualitative data.
Fig 2.
Gender distribution of physician (2006–2015), cumulative number.
Fig 3.
Distribution of female students by selected medical colleges (2011–2016).
Fig 4.
Distribution of female physicians according to specialization (2006–2015).
Table 3.
Socio economic characteristics of the respondents (N = 315).
Table 4.
Female medical students’ reported reasons for choosing medicine as a field of study (N = 315).
Table 5.
Female medical students’ reported preference of specialties (N = 315).