Is There Gender Inequality in Plastic Surgery? Evaluation of Society Leadership and Composition of Editorial Boards
| Autor: | Grace Ha, Ben Zhang, Armen K. Kasabian, Benjamin D Schultz, James P. Bradley, Mark L. Smith, Charles H. Thorne, Kevin Chen, Neil Tanna, Andrea L. Pusic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Reconstructive surgery medicine.medical_specialty Statistical difference Graduate medical education 030230 surgery Representation (politics) Physicians Women 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Sex Distribution Surgery Plastic Societies Medical Accreditation Publishing Gender inequality business.industry Significant difference United States Leadership Plastic surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Surgery business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 145:433e-437e |
| ISSN: | 0032-1052 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/prs.0000000000006503 |
| Popis: | Background Women now constitute 40.5 percent of integrated plastic surgery residents; however, in 2007, women represented only 11.3 percent of the leadership positions in plastic surgery societies and journal editorial boards. The authors analyzed female representation in these societies and editorial boards over the past 10 years. Methods Names of board members from the major plastic surgery societies (American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The Plastic Surgery Foundation, and American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, among others) for the past 10 years and the major plastic journals (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Annals of Plastic Surgery, and so on) from the past 5 years were extracted from their websites. The yearly percentage of female plastic surgery residents was obtained from Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education published data. The proportions of women in society leadership, editorial boards, and residency were compared with data analyses of time series trend and linear and Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average time series modeling. Results Over the past 10 years, the percentage of female residents has grown steadily, from 21.84 percent to 37.31 percent. Similarly, female representation in society leadership has grown from 6.78 percent to 20.29 percent. Both growth coefficients were statistically significant and showed no statistical difference between the two. In contrast, editorial board leadership over the past 5 years showed statistically insignificant growth and showed a statistically significant difference when compared to the growth of the percentage of female residents and female representation in society leadership. Conclusion Female representation in plastic surgery society leadership shows promising growth, whereas their representation on editorial boards showed significantly less growth, which may reflect the slower turnover on these boards. |
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