Stop the bleeding: we must combat explicit as well as implicit biases affecting women surgeons

Scully, Brandi Braud

doi:10.1136/medethics-2020-106066

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“…As stated elsewhere in this article, implicit bias is deeply embedded in the field of surgery. 50,51 An example is the recent article (published and then retracted by this journal) which launched the #MedBikini movement, and negatively impacted the collective wellness of the vascular surgery community. 52 A flood of responses from the vascular, surgery, and medical communities and beyond on social media ensued.…”

Section: Implicit Bias Microaggressions and Macroaggressions Negatively Impact Female Vascular Surgeons And Traineesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coming face to face with implicit bias, microaggressions, and macroaggressions: Understanding the influence of structural racism and misogyny on physician wellness

Richards

Wohlauer

2021

Journal of Vascular Surgery

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Section: Implicit Bias Microaggressions and Macroaggressions Negatively Impact Female Vascular Surgeons And Traineesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coming face to face with implicit bias, microaggressions, and macroaggressions: Understanding the influence of structural racism and misogyny on physician wellness

Richards

Wohlauer

2021

Journal of Vascular Surgery

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“…18,19 Relatedly, with the perceived notion of women as the main caretaker for their families, women may not prioritize unpaid academic positions, such as an editorial board membership, when seeking to balance demands from both their professional and personal lives. 17,20 An interesting extension of this notion could be using retention as a metric of support for their women editorial board members.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…11,24 Although dependent on several qualifying promotional criteria, previous studies have demonstrated that women in academic surgery are more likely to hold lower faculty positions compared to their male counterparts despite having spent equal time in the field of surgery. 2,17,25 Therefore, challenges in obtaining academic promotion may also serve to limit the ability for women to qualify for nomination to journal editorial boards and serves as an additional area for intervention.…”

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Gender distribution among surgical journals’ editorial boards: Empowering women surgeon scientists

Ehrlich

Nguyen

Sutherland

et al. 2021

Surgery

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Background: Gender disparities still exist in the field of academic surgery. Women face additional obstacles obtaining high-ranking, surgical academia positions compared to men, and this may extend to the appointment of editorial board members. We aim to evaluate the gender distribution of editorial board members, associate editors, and editors-in-chief of top US surgical journals and to recommend interventions, which can promote equitable gender representation among editorial boards. Methods: The study is a cross-sectional analysis using publicly available data regarding the number and proportion of female editorial board members, associate editors, and editors-in-chief from 42 US surgical journals. Descriptive statistics and linear regression were performed with significance defined as P < .05. Results: Of 2,836 editorial board members from 42 US surgical journals, 420 (14.8%) were women. Of 881 associate editors, 118 (13.3%) were women. Only 2/42 (4.8%) of editors-in-chief were women. The mean proportions of female editorial board members and associate editors were 14.5% and 19.5%, respectively. No significant associations were found between the 2019 Scimago Journal & Country Rank indicator nor the 2019 impact factor and the proportion of female editorial board members and female associate editors after adjusting for author H-index. Conclusion: Gender disparities are evident in academic surgery, and women comprise a minority of US surgical editorial board members, associate editors, and editors-in-chief. The implementation of women mentorship from senior faculty on behalf of senior residents and junior faculty, as well as journalfacilitated pipeline programs, can diversify editorial board members by increasing women representation and reduce disparities in surgical journal editorial boards.

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Stop the bleeding: we must combat explicit as well as implicit biases affecting women surgeons

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Coming face to face with implicit bias, microaggressions, and macroaggressions: Understanding the influence of structural racism and misogyny on physician wellness

Coming face to face with implicit bias, microaggressions, and macroaggressions: Understanding the influence of structural racism and misogyny on physician wellness

Gender distribution among surgical journals’ editorial boards: Empowering women surgeon scientists

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