Gender distribution of speakers on panels at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) annual meeting

Dumitra, Teodora; Trépanier, Maude; Lee, L.; Fried, Gerald M.; Mueller, Carmen L.; Jones, Daniel B.; Feldman, Liane S.

doi:10.1007/s00464-019-07182-2

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“…However, women comprised only 21% of committee members, 18% of chairs, 16% of board members, and 14% of executives with only one female president. 15 Our data demonstrate a similar trend to SAGES: women in leadership positions in TACSCC societies exceed the membership numbers during the last 3 years. TACSCC groups are also doing better in terms of committee membership (23.1% to 28.6%) and committee chairs (20.5% to 33.3%).…”

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confidence: 77%

Gender distribution and leadership trends in trauma surgery societies

Foster

Knight²,

Velopulos

et al. 2020

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open

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IntroductionWomen are under-represented in the surgical disciplines and gender bias is believed to play a factor. We aimed to understand the gender distribution of membership, leadership opportunities, and scientific contributions to annual trauma professional meetings as a case study of gender issues in trauma surgery.MethodsRetrospective collection of membership, leadership, presentation and publication data from 2016 to 2018 Trauma/Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care (TACSCC) Annual Meetings. Gender was assigned based on self-identification in demographic information, established relationships, or public sources.ResultsWomen remain under-represented with only 28.1% of those ascertaining American Board of Surgery certification in critical care self-identifying as female. The proportion of female members in Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) was comparable (29.4%), slightly lower for Western Trauma Association (WTA) (19.0%), and lowest for American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) (12.8%, p<0.05). In contrast, AAST had the highest proportion of female participants in executive leadership (AAST 32.5%, WTA 19.0%, EAST 18.8%) and WTA the highest for committee chairs (WTA 33.3%, AAST 27.8%, EAST 20.5%). AAST had the most significant increase in executive leadership during the last 3 years (AAST 28.6% to 41.6%). Invited lectureships, masters, panelists and senior author scientific contributions demonstrated the largest gap of academic representation of female TACSCC surgeons.ConclusionFewer women than men pursue careers in the trauma field. Continuing to provide mentorship, leadership, and scientific recognition will increase gender diversity in TACSCC. We must continue to promote, sponsor, recognize, invite, and elect ‘her’.Level of evidenceIII, Epidemiology.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

Gender distribution and leadership trends in trauma surgery societies

Foster

Knight²,

Velopulos

et al. 2020

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open

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“…Delivering prestigious keynote presentations and chairing sessions can strengthen applications for promotion and research funding at mid and senior levels [20][21][22] while oral presentations increase visibility, research impact, and chances of a good start to career advancement at junior levels. As women are under-represented as invited speakers at medical speciality conferences, they have fewer opportunities to reap these benefits 19,22,23 , or to benefit the community at large: diverse conference speakers broaden perspectives and ideas, and provide a broader variety of role models to inspire trainees and medical students 18,23 .…”

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Towards equality: gender representation at the Royal College of Radiologists’ Annual Scientific Meeting 2014-2021

Gibson¹,

Wood²

2022

Wellcome Open Res

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Background: Conferences facilitate career advancement, but gender imbalances in public fora may negatively impact both women and men, and society. We aimed to describe the gender distribution of presenters at the UK’s 2014-2021 Royal College of Radiologists’ (RCR) Annual Scientific Meeting. Methods: We extracted data on presenter name, role and session type from meeting programmes. We classified gender as male or female using names, records or personal pronouns, accepting the limitations of these categories. We classified roles by prestige: lead, other (speakers and workshop faculty), proffered paper or poster presenters. We calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for associations between gender and binary outcomes using logistic regression. Results: Women held 1,059 (37.5%) of 2,826 conference roles and presented 9/27 keynotes. Compared to men, women were less likely to hold other roles such as speakers and workshop faculty (OR 0.72 95% CI 0.61-0.83), and more likely to present posters (OR 1.49 95% CI 1.27-1.76). There were 60 male-only and eight women-only multi-presenter sessions. Sessions led by women had higher proportions of women speakers. The odds of roles being held by women increased during online meetings during COVID (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.36-1.91). Conclusion: The proportion of women presenters and keynote speakers reflects that of RCR membership, but not of the patient population. Disadvantage starts from the earliest career stages, prejudicing career opportunities. Efforts to improve inclusion and diversity are needed; focusing on lead roles and hybrid online/in-person formats may accelerate change.

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“…Also, studying sex disparity could in itself improve sex equity [6]. Previous studies have shown an underrepresentation of women at academic meetings [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The gap between the percentage of women in the workforce and the percentage of women among speakers, however, seems to decrease with time [7,9,15,18].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies have shown an underrepresentation of women at academic meetings [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The gap between the percentage of women in the workforce and the percentage of women among speakers, however, seems to decrease with time [7,9,15,18]. Several medical specialties have studied female representation at their annual meetings.…”

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Representation of women at American Psychiatric Association annual meetings over 10 years (between 2009 and 2019)

Sebbane

Bailly

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Objective Sex disparity is a major societal issue. The aim of this paper was to describe changes in the representation of women among speakers of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting over 10 years, between 2009 and 2019 and to compare them to changes in the proportion of women among American psychiatrists. Methods Data were collected from the programs of the APA annual meetings of 2009 and 2019, and from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Descriptive and comparative statistical analyses were performed. Results There were 1,138 distinct speakers at the 2009 conference and 1,784 at the 2019 conference. The number of distinct female speakers increased from 413 (36.3%) to 813 (45.6%). The proportion of female speakers at the meetings was almost equivalent to the proportion of women in the American psychiatrists’ workforce. The number of female chairs increased from 158 (39.6%) to 322 (46.4%). There were 38 female speakers in child and adolescent psychiatry in 2009 (51.4% of 74 speakers) and 74 in 2019 (51.0% of 155 speakers). Conclusions The representation of women at the APA annual meetings increased between 2009 and 2019. At the same time, the growth in the percentage of women in the American psychiatrists’ workforce was slower. The APA appears to promote female representation during its annual meetings.

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Gender distribution of speakers on panels at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) annual meeting

Cited by 28 publications

References 16 publications

Gender distribution and leadership trends in trauma surgery societies

Gender distribution and leadership trends in trauma surgery societies

Towards equality: gender representation at the Royal College of Radiologists’ Annual Scientific Meeting 2014-2021

Representation of women at American Psychiatric Association annual meetings over 10 years (between 2009 and 2019)

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