Does gender influence leadership roles in academic surgery in the United States of America? A cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Mehek Narmeen, Syed Ali Farhan, Faisal Khosa, Matthew Tse, Sabeena Jalal, Ahmer A. Karimuddin, Frank Battaglia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Sexism education Efficiency Physicians Women 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Mentorship medicine Humans Statistical analysis health care economics and organizations Gender disparity Data collection business.industry General Medicine Assistant professor United States Surgery Leadership Cross-Sectional Studies General Surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business Associate professor |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Surgery. 83:67-74 |
| ISSN: | 1743-9191 |
| Popis: | Gender disparity remains prevalent in the field of academic surgery with an under-representation of women at senior leadership ranks. A wide variety of causes are reported to contribute to this gender-based discrimination but a current quantitative analysis in the US has significant importance. This cross-sectional study aims to document gender disparity in academic and leadership positions in surgery as well as its relationship with scholarly productivity.The American Medical Association's Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA), was used to identify General Surgery programs. Each institution's website was used to identify its faculty's primary profiles for data collection. Individuals with an MD or DO, and an academic ranking of Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor were included. Academic productivity was quantified by recording H-index, number of publications, number of citations, and years of active research of a physician. All statistical analysis was performed on SPSS Statistics version 20.0.A total of 144 academic programs were including in our analysis constituting 4085 surgeons, only one-fifth (n = 873, 21%) of which were women. Furthermore, only 19% of all leadership positions were assumed by female surgeons. Leadership positions and academic rank correlated significantly with increasing research productivity. The difference in H-index between genders was statistically significant (P 0.05) with men possessing a higher median for H-index [13] than women [9]. Transplantation Surgery [17] had the highest median H-indices for female surgeons. Male surgeons (n = 18) were twice as likely to be Departmental Chairs as their female counterparts (n = 9). However, female surgical oncologists held the highest proportion of leadership positions (31%).A significant gender-based disparity was found in leadership positions and academic ranks. Research productivity appeared to be integral for academic and leadership appointments. Institution-level measures that enhance support, mentorship, and sponsorship for women are imperative to achieve overall parity in general surgery. |
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