Ophthalmology Education Leadership Attitudes Toward Mentorship of Female Medical Students

Paul, Megan; Dweck, Monica; Chadha, Nisha

doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2022.07.026

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“…This phenomenon may be explained by a desire of women to seek guidance from senior female leadership and/or from female mentors in these positions to actively foster the career development of younger female physicians. 16,20,21 Interestingly, top-down approaches to the improvement of sex equity have been noted to be relatively successful, in particular for instituting widespread alterations in organizational culture. 22 Accordingly, aiming for a more equitable proportion of women in vitreoretinal surgery leadership (ie, at least 50%) may encourage a greater number of female applicants to the subspecialty, thereby expanding their representation in the workforce.…”

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Descriptive Analysis of Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship Program Directors

Jiao,

Patel,

Ibnamasud

et al. 2024

Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases

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Purpose: To evaluate the demographic, educational, and scholarly characteristics of Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology–accredited vitreoretinal surgery fellowship program directors in the United States and Canada. Methods: Demographic, educational, and scholarly profiles of identified program directors were collated from online public resources. Characteristics were compared by sex, program size, ranking, and affiliation. Results: Eighty-one program directors (mean age [±SD] 54.7 ± 11.0 years) from 78 fellowship programs were identified. The minority were women (14.8%), who were on average 6 years younger than their male counterparts ( P = .07). The majority of program directors had an academic affiliation (90.1%), most commonly professor (54.8%). The mean h-index, 5-year h-index, and m-quotient were 20.9 ± 14.9, 5.9 ± 4.4, and 0.82 ± 0.42, respectively. Compared with their counterparts, program directors of both “top 10” and large programs published more manuscripts ( P < .05), accrued more citations ( P < .05), and had a higher h-index ( P < .05). Fellowship programs with female program directors had a significantly larger proportion of female retina faculty ( P = .002). Conclusions: The backgrounds of vitreoretinal surgery program directors are diverse. However, women remain underrepresented in this position, highlighting an area with the potential for greater equity in ophthalmology.

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