Fig. 1
From: Women in cardiology: critical status and a call to move forward
Gender distribution in undergraduate and postgraduate medical studies. a Gender distribution in graduates from medical colleges 2013–2019. b Gender distribution in internal medicine fellowship graduates 2009–2019. c Gender distribution in echocardiography diploma graduates 2011–2019. Females represent the higher proportion among medical college graduates, yet females constitute only minority of internal medicine fellows. Females represent better proportion in echocardiography diploma due to more predictable working hours and being a less stressful specialty (data from Baghdad and Al-Nahrain Universities and Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations database)