Lack of women physician representation in the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine

Autor: Seiji Shiota, Rie Utsunomiya‐Nishimizu, Ryo Goto, Ayana Hirabayashi, Noboru Horinouchi, Eri Doi, Katsuhiko Yoshimura, Kyoko Yamamoto, Aoi Yoshiiwa, Eishi Miyazaki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of General and Family Medicine, Vol 25, Iss 4, Pp 187-192 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2189-7948
DOI: 10.1002/jgf2.693
Popis: Abstract Background The increasing number of women physicians is in contrast to their underrepresentation in academic positions and professional associations. This study aimed to evaluate the status of women physicians in the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine (JHGM) based on society membership, board membership, and annual meeting authorship. Methods A cross‐sectional analysis was conducted. Information on women physicians, society and board membership, and annual meeting authorship was collected. Data from the Japanese Primary Care Association (JPCA) served as the control. The gender of authors with accepted abstracts in the JHGM and JPCA annual meetings was determined by name or Internet search. Results In the JHGM, 14.2% of members were women physicians, compared to 19.1% in the JPCA (p
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