Gender Diversity of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research Annual Meetings from 2013 to 2022

Morimoto, Tadatsugu; Kobayashi, Takaomi; Yamauchi, Kazuyo; Nagamine, Satomi; Sekiguchi, Miho; Otani, Koji; Fukuda, Miyuki; Tsukamoto, Masatsugu; Yoshihara, Tomohito; Hirata, Hirohito; Toda, Yu; Tanaka, Shiori; Mawatari, Masaaki

doi:10.22603/ssrr.2023-0186

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“…To increase gender diversity in orthopaedic surgery in other countries, annual changes in the role of women in academic activities have been investigated and clarified [5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Regarding the percentage of women as physicians in major JOA-related societies in 2020, the top three were the Japanese Pediatric Orthopaedic Association (15%), the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand (12%), and the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Foot (8%).…”

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Academic Engagement of Women as Orthopaedic Surgeons at the Annual Meetings of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association From 2012 to 2022

Nagamine,

Morimoto,

Niizeki

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Background:Higher gender diversity correlates with higher patient satisfaction, higher-quality medical education, increased research productivity, and higher revenues. Although the field of Japanese orthopaedic surgery includes the lowest proportion of women and lags in gender diversity, reports on the current gender diversity status in academic activities are scarce. We investigated changes in women's participation in academic activities at the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) annual meetings over the past 11 years. Methods:Data on the percentage of women in the JOA membership during 2012-2022 were analyzed to ascertain the proportion of women as first authors of oral and poster presentations, abstract reviewers, invited lecturers, seminar lecturers, general abstract oral chairpersons, symposium chairpersons, and speakers. Regarding the ratio of women among the JOA members during 2012-2022, we relied on data provided by the JOA. Data related to other categories were collected from the abstract book presented at the JOA Annual Meetings between 2012 and 2022. We analyzed the time trend for women's proportions using the Cochran-Armitage trend test. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results:During 2012-2022, the percentage of female members (4.9-6.7%), poster first authors (2.7-4.3%), abstract reviewers (0-1.5%), general abstract oral chairpersons (0-2.3%), symposium chairpersons (0-3.6%), and symposium speakers (1.6-6.8%) had increased significantly (p < 0.05). Oral first authors (2.2-4.1%), invited lecturers (0-6.8%), or seminar lecturers (0%-6.7%) showed no trend. Women engaged in academic activities at all annual association meetings did not exceed the women's proportion among the association members. Conclusion:Although the proportion of women members of the JOA has gradually increased and more women are involved in its annual meetings, the proportion of female presenters, invited speakers, symposiasts, and chairpersons of oral and poster presentations is generally lower than that of women as JOA members. Members should be asked to raise awareness, including more active education of women as physicians in educational institutions and the creation of positive actions to select women as physicians for more important roles (chairpersons, educational speakers, and symposiasts) in the organization of annual meetings.

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Academic Engagement of Women as Orthopaedic Surgeons at the Annual Meetings of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association From 2012 to 2022

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Morimoto,

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Sex diversity in spine surgery fellowship training: analysis of recent trends and program characteristics associated with increased diversity

Silvestre,

Rivas,

Ravinsky

et al. 2024

The Spine Journal

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Comparison of Gender Diversity Among Spine Surgeons in the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research and the Neurospinal Society of Japan: A Descriptive Study Through Secondary Analysis of Aggregated Data

Morimoto,

Kobayashi,

Fukuda

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Study design: This was a descriptive study through secondary analysis of aggregated data.Purpose: This study aimed to describe changes in women's membership in the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (JSSR) for orthopedic surgery and the Neurospinal Society of Japan (NSJ) for neurosurgery over the past decade and make predictions for the future.Overview of literature: Although the ratio of women physicians in the field of spine surgery is known to be low worldwide, there is a lack of detailed surveys in Japan.Methods: We sent emails to the JSSR and NSJ secretariats to verify membership information (gender and age) from 2013 to 2022. Using ordinary least squares, we projected the years it would take for the JSSR and NSJ to achieve a gender diversity ratio of 30%.Results: In 2013, the percentage of women in JSSR and NSJ was 2.3% and 2.7%, respectively. However, after 2018, the percentage of women in NSJ will be higher than in JSSR, rising to 2.7% in JSSR and 4.7% in NSJ by 2022. It would require 101 years for the NSJ and more than 1,000 years for the JSSR to realize 30% gender diversity.Conclusions: JSSR and NSJ have low percentages of women. Improving gender diversity is an important issue for both societies, and they may collaborate on finding a good solution. Both the JSSR and NSJ societies need to actively address gender diversity and become more attractively represented in society for the next generation of spine surgeons.

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Gender Diversity of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research Annual Meetings from 2013 to 2022

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

Academic Engagement of Women as Orthopaedic Surgeons at the Annual Meetings of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association From 2012 to 2022

Academic Engagement of Women as Orthopaedic Surgeons at the Annual Meetings of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association From 2012 to 2022

Sex diversity in spine surgery fellowship training: analysis of recent trends and program characteristics associated with increased diversity

Comparison of Gender Diversity Among Spine Surgeons in the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research and the Neurospinal Society of Japan: A Descriptive Study Through Secondary Analysis of Aggregated Data

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