How do we attract and retain women in cardiology?

Lau, Elizabeth T.; Wood, Malissa J.

doi:10.1002/clc.22921

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“…When comparing IM residents with PCCM applicants and fellows, there is a pronounced drop-off in the pipeline after residency for both women and UIM applicants and fellows. Although some data exist on factors impacting resident subspecialty career choice by gender ( 1 , 18 , 19 ), to our knowledge, there are no analogous data for race and ethnicity. Further research is needed to define the factors that influence resident career choice by gender, race, and ethnicity.…”

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Diversity in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Pipeline. Trends in Gender, Race, and Ethnicity among Applicants and Fellows

Santhosh

Babik

2020

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Background : The diversity in pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) training programs in the United States has not been systematically evaluated, despite emphasis on workforce diversity and its role in improving gender and racial healthcare disparities. Objectives : We analyzed the diversity of the PCCM pipeline by gender, race, and ethnicity over the last 10 years. Methods : The PCCM pipeline was defined as internal medicine residents, fellowship applicants, and fellows in pulmonary-only, critical care medicine–only, and combined PCCM programs. Data on gender, race, and ethnicity were obtained from 2009 to 2018 graduate medical education census data and the Association of American Medical Colleges Electronic Resident Application Service. We used the Association of American Medical Colleges definition of “underrepresented in medicine” (UIM), which comprises African American/black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander physicians. Results : Over the last decade, the percentage of female fellows was unchanged in pulmonary (range, 19.4–37.1%), critical care medicine (range, 17.6–31.9%), and PCCM programs (range, 29.5–35.2%). To capture the current snapshot of data across residents, applicants, and fellows, we analyzed 2018 data and found that there was a drop-off from the percentage of female internal medicine residents (41.9%) to the percentage of female applicants and fellows (⩽33% in all three programs). The percentage of UIM fellows decreased in PCCM programs over the last decade to 10.3%. In 2018, there was a drop-off from the percentage of UIM residents (13.7%) to the percentage of UIM fellows in all three programs (<12.9% in all three programs). Conclusions : Striking disparities remain in gender, race, and ethnicity in the pipeline of trainees in PCCM programs; these have not improved (for gender) or have even worsened (for race and ethnicity) over the last decade.

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Diversity in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Pipeline. Trends in Gender, Race, and Ethnicity among Applicants and Fellows

Santhosh

Babik

2020

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“…1 Increasing evidence indicates an underrepresentation of women in numerous scientific fields 2 including medical research. 3,4,5 Consistent evidence indicates that women represent a minority at first (range 9.3-29.4%) 2,4 and senior (range 10-19%) 3,5 authorship positions of scientific articles. In addition, women have had a rather low contribution to the development of clinical guidelines (20% in the United States and 14% in European heart failure guidelines), 4 as well as a limited presence at steering/executive committees of clinical trials published in top medical journals (10%), 3 or at editorial board positions of medical journals (17.5%).…”

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Representation of women in sport sciences research, publications, and editorial leadership positions: are we moving forward?

Martínez-Rosales

Hernández‐Martínez

Sola-Rodríguez

et al. 2021

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

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“…Practical steps should be undertaken to overcome the problem; the cardiology society should believe that the hurdle should be cleared instead of stumbling at it. Across many surveys, women in cardiology usually have high career satisfaction level [11]. This should be invested because it means that it is difficult to recruit them but not so to maintain them in the field.…”

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“…Across many surveys, women in cardiology usually have high career satisfaction level [ 11 ]. This should be invested because it means that it is difficult to recruit them but not so to maintain them in the field.…”

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Women in cardiology: critical status and a call to move forward

Farhan

Dakhil

2020

Egypt Heart J

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Background: Healthcare workforce should mirror the population in representing patients' diversity; however, in certain medical specialties like cardiology, there is a significant under-representation of females in fellowship programs. There is limited data discussing this issue in the Middle East, and up to our knowledge, no prior literature has cast a light on this subject in Iraq. Main text: Women represent not a minority but rather a negligible proportion of cardiologists in the Middle East, in general, and in Iraq, in particular, as over two decades, recruiting females in cardiology training never progressed. Women are facing many challenges that explain this gender gap, mainly work-life balance and risk of exposure to radiation in addition to society's perceptions in the Middle East that underestimate women in interventional specialties. Conclusions: Serious efforts and forward steps should be taken by decision makers in cardiology fellowship programs and national cardiology societies to bridge this gender gap in order to improve cardiovascular care for both genders regardless of social barriers and traditional customs and to offer more access of care to those female patients who wish to be treated by female doctors based on their personal convictions.

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How do we attract and retain women in cardiology?

Cited by 33 publications

References 22 publications

Diversity in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Pipeline. Trends in Gender, Race, and Ethnicity among Applicants and Fellows

Diversity in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Pipeline. Trends in Gender, Race, and Ethnicity among Applicants and Fellows

Representation of women in sport sciences research, publications, and editorial leadership positions: are we moving forward?

Women in cardiology: critical status and a call to move forward

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