Gender distribution in boards of internal medicine societies

Ryser, Basil; Ravioli, Svenja; Lindner, Gregor

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2021.05.019

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“…A field that has been studied previously in other health professionals. 22 - 24 but it’s the first this collective. It showed that they are not equally represented by gender in the main positions (president, vice-president, treasurer, and secretary) of the board committees of the professional associations.…”

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“…Gender representation has also been studied in scientific societies, which are, as in other fields of medicine, powerful institutions that speak for the present and the future of the profession, representing and supporting different dental subspecialties. 23 They have a major influence on research, postgraduate education, and professional recognition, among others. 11 The proportion of female presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries are higher in these scientific institutions than in professional colleges, however none of them reaches at least a 50% of female representation.…”

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“…6 As these institutions may defend the interests and rights of dental professionals, they should be led by dentists who fairly represent the diversity of their members (in age, gender, ethnicity, etc.). 22,23 This research focused on the gender distribution on leadership positions among Spanish dentists. A field that has been studied previously in other health professionals.…”

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Gender and Leadership Positions in Spanish Dentistry

Hernández-Ruiz

Rosel-Gallardo

Cifuentes-Jiménez

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Dentists in Spain reached equal gender representation in 2012 and the number of female dentists has continued to grow (until 57.3% in 2020). This study aims to increase evidence about the gender distribution on the high responsibility positions and opinion leaders of the dental profession and academia. Composition of the executive comities of the main dental institutions of Spain (regional professional associations, national dental association, and scientific societies), members of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Granada in 2020 and speakers of the main dental congresses of 2019 (due to the lack of congress in 2020) were recorded and analyzed by genders using chi-squared test ( P < .05). Mean representation of female dentists in executive committees of professional associations was 35.6%. More than 70% of presidents and vice-presidents of professional colleges and more than 60% of these positions in scientific societies were occupied by male dentists. None of dental congresses of 2019 reached equal gender participation, being 81.3% of lecturers presenting on main auditoriums male dentists. Although dental workforce in Spain is slightly overrepresented by females, leadership positions and figures among Spanish dentists doesn’t seem to reflect the gender distribution of the collective. There is a lack of women occupying high-level positions in dentistry that proves the existence of the so-called “glass ceiling effect” on the profession. Further studies about sociodemographic aspects of dental workforce are needed to develop evidence-based policies for the collective.

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Gender and Leadership Positions in Spanish Dentistry

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“…Concerning members and presidents of national societies, women were underrepresented, for example, in internal medicine and intensive care. 1,2 Additionally, women were underrepresented in editorial boards of scientific emergency medicine journals and among speakers at large conferences. 3,4 Female emergency physicians were underrepresented in leading positions, worked more hours, and were paid less than their male colleagues.…”

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