Gender of presenters at orthopaedic meetings reflects gender diversity of society membership

Tougas, Caroline; Valtanen, Rosa S.; Bajwa, A.; Beck, Jennifer J.

doi:10.1016/j.jor.2019.11.026

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“…We reported that compared with men, women presented fewer clinical papers (52.6%vs 73.9%), more general topics (63.2% vs 31.2%) and were less likely to moderate a session (2.7% vs 97.3%). While these results are disturbing, they are not unique, and similar findings have been reported by several studies [12][13][14]. Krahelski et al found that men presented twice as many clinical topics as women (42.4% vs 20.7%) while the most common session for female presenters was education.…”

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“…Furthermore, among the clinical topics, there were no presentations by women in oncology, one in the spine (0.9%) and seven in trauma (4.7%) [13]. Along the same lines, Tougas et al have shown that women were less likely than men to be included as faculty or moderators at national orthopaedic meetings [12]. The reasons for the such disparity are beyond the scope of our study.…”

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“…Academic faculty and residents benefit from presenting their research at annual conferences as the first step towards publication. While several studies have shown that women publish at lower rates than their male colleagues, more recently, it has emerged that women are also less likely than men to present their work at annual conferences [12][13][14].…”

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“…This compares favourably with similar studies from the United States and England. In the United States, between 2008 and 2017, female presenters at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) increased marginally from 6.6% to 10.6% [12]. More concerning, Krahelski et al reported that female presentations at the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) actually fell from 13.3% in 2014 to 11.7% in 2017 [13].…”

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“…Both are important for academic promotion and tenure. Current trends indicate that more women present at national orthopaedic meetings but at significantly lower rates than men [12,13]. Studies of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) meeting and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting reveal that women presented only 10.2% and 10.6% of the papers, respectively [12,13].…”

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Greater Gender Diversity Observed at Orthopaedic Conferences in the Caribbean Than in the United States or England

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Bidaisee²,

Soon³

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IntroductionWomen are underrepresented in orthopaedics. Recent studies have shown that women comprise only a very small proportion of all practising orthopaedic surgeons in the United States. One theory that seeks to explain this disparity is the lack of female mentors in orthopaedic surgery. Women are particularly influenced by same-sex mentors, and the paucity of mentors sets up a negative feedback loop that further reduces applications to residency programs. Presentation of scholarly work at conferences increases the visibility of women and represents important opportunities to encourage young female doctors to the speciality. The annual meeting of The Caribbean Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (TCOS) is a forum that allows regional exposure to young doctors. In the present work, we aim to analyse the gender diversity among presenters at the annual TCOS meetings. MethodsA retrospective analysis of the final programs of TCOS meetings over five years was conducted to determine the sex of the presenter, their roles, and topics. The first author listed on the program was taken as the presenter unless it was otherwise stated. Gender was determined using conventional naming taxonomy. Presenters were classified as podium presenters or moderators and presentations as clinical or non-clinical. We subdivided clinical presentations into seven subspecialty areas. A Chi-squared test was used to calculate differences between groups, with a p-value of < 0.05 representing significance. Statistical tests were performed using Analyse-it for Microsoft Excel 5.40 (Analyse-it Software Ltd). ResultsThere was a total of 195 podium presentations over the study period. During this time, there was a steady increase in the number of presentations by women, with a mean value of 19.5%. Compared with men, women presented fewer clinical papers (52.6%vs 73.9%, p=0.037), presented on more general topics (63.2% vs 31.2%, p=0.007) and were less likely to moderate a session (2.7% vs 97.3%, p=0.014). Presentations by female residents were marginally higher than the mean rate for women overall and were representative of the gender distribution in the resident pool. ConclusionsThere are significantly fewer presentations by women than men at the annual TCOS meetings. Encouragingly, however, there is a positive trend towards greater female presentations over the study period. Our results show that despite being underrepresented, more women are presenting at orthopaedic conferences in the Caribbean than in the United States or England.

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

Shiota,

Utsunomiya‐Nishimizu,

Goto

et al. 2024

J of Gen and Family Med

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BackgroundThe 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.MethodsA 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.ResultsIn the JHGM, 14.2% of members were women physicians, compared to 19.1% in the JPCA (p < 0.001). None of the 21 JHGM board members were women, compared to 20.5% in the JPCA (p < 0.001). The average number of years of experience was significantly higher for the JHGM board members than for the JPCA board members (37.0 vs. 28.1 years, p < 0.001). Women first authors in the 2022–2023 JHGM meeting comprised 17.9%, significantly lower than the 28.4% in the 2023 JPCA meeting (p = 0.002). Similar patterns were seen for women last authors (6.0% in the JHGM vs. 18.8% in the JPCA, p < 0.001) and women chairpersons (17.9% in the JHGM vs. 40.3% in the JPCA, p = 0.036).ConclusionsThe JHGM has low women representation in society and board membership, and annual meeting authorship. Strategies are needed to enhance diversity and inclusion by increasing women's participation and leadership in the JHGM.

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2020

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Gender of presenters at orthopaedic meetings reflects gender diversity of society membership

Cited by 23 publications

References 14 publications

Greater Gender Diversity Observed at Orthopaedic Conferences in the Caribbean Than in the United States or England

Greater Gender Diversity Observed at Orthopaedic Conferences in the Caribbean Than in the United States or England

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

Women in ESSKA: ESSKA’s role in a diverse orthopaedic environment

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