Trends in Gender Representation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress and the Academic Surgical Congress: A Mixed Picture of Progress

Wilcox, Alison; Trooboff, Spencer W.; Lai, Christine S.; Turner, Patricia L.; Wong, Sandra L.

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.06.002

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“…Female under-representation has been reported in health services and during the health scienti c conferences where research results were shared [7,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] these is following their level of education, employability rate, relationships between actors and leadership within stakeholder structures or organizations.…”

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Women’s Participation in Research to Improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Outcomes Through Evidence Base Data in West Africa

Sombie

Eak

Amadou

et al. 2021

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Background: Women participation in decision-making fora is key to ensure that their concerns are take into consideration, especially in maternal, newborn and child health issues. The objective of this study was to analyse the participation of stakeholders in the various meetings organized as part of the project "Moving for Maternal, Newborn and Child Evidence into Policy in West Africa".Methods: A gender analysis was conducted using data drawn from the attendance lists at the various meetings organized during the project implementation. Results: This analysis showed that women were under-represented in the various meetings organized by the project, but that their profile was not different from that of men. There was a higher proportion of women among the decision-makers during the engagement, dialogue workshops and at the international workshops without significant difference. Nevertheless, in the training workshops, there was a low proportion of women among the decision-makers with statistical significant difference. Conclusion: The women participating in the regional platform meeting have the same profile as men in terms of decision-making power. An inequitable participation of women in the health research meetings in West Africa noted in this analysis need to be addressed in the future by the application of some innovative approaches including women as part of the organizers or by the introduction of quotas.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women’s Participation in Research to Improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Outcomes Through Evidence Base Data in West Africa

Sombie

Eak

Amadou

et al. 2021

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“…For example, in the past 5 years, at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress (CC) and the Academic Surgical Congress (ASC), there has been no appreciable statistically significant change in the number of 'manels' (38% to 23% CC, p=0.4; 23% to 17% ASC, p=0.5). 25 The deliberate choice to avoid male-only panels in our national trauma forums is only one of several important initiatives the TACSCC groups are promoting.…”

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Gender distribution and leadership trends in trauma surgery societies

Foster

Knight²,

Velopulos

et al. 2020

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open

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IntroductionWomen are under-represented in the surgical disciplines and gender bias is believed to play a factor. We aimed to understand the gender distribution of membership, leadership opportunities, and scientific contributions to annual trauma professional meetings as a case study of gender issues in trauma surgery.MethodsRetrospective collection of membership, leadership, presentation and publication data from 2016 to 2018 Trauma/Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care (TACSCC) Annual Meetings. Gender was assigned based on self-identification in demographic information, established relationships, or public sources.ResultsWomen remain under-represented with only 28.1% of those ascertaining American Board of Surgery certification in critical care self-identifying as female. The proportion of female members in Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) was comparable (29.4%), slightly lower for Western Trauma Association (WTA) (19.0%), and lowest for American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) (12.8%, p<0.05). In contrast, AAST had the highest proportion of female participants in executive leadership (AAST 32.5%, WTA 19.0%, EAST 18.8%) and WTA the highest for committee chairs (WTA 33.3%, AAST 27.8%, EAST 20.5%). AAST had the most significant increase in executive leadership during the last 3 years (AAST 28.6% to 41.6%). Invited lectureships, masters, panelists and senior author scientific contributions demonstrated the largest gap of academic representation of female TACSCC surgeons.ConclusionFewer women than men pursue careers in the trauma field. Continuing to provide mentorship, leadership, and scientific recognition will increase gender diversity in TACSCC. We must continue to promote, sponsor, recognize, invite, and elect ‘her’.Level of evidenceIII, Epidemiology.

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“…Previous studies have demonstrated that women are inadequately represented at national meetings in neurosurgery, 14 general surgery, 15 and colorectal surgery, 16 as well as at the meetings for the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 17 and American College of Surgeons. 18 The barriers women face in the specific field of trauma surgery have not been as well-studied. As the number of women in surgical fields increases, 19 their participation in national meetings as presenters, moderators, discussants, and speakers should increase proportionately if they are to be promoted at the same rate as their male colleagues.…”

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Is there a glass ceiling at national trauma meetings?

Weaver

Smith

Sims

2021

The American Journal of Surgery

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Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the roles of women at national trauma meetings. Methods: Available scientific programs for the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (2013-19), Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (2010-19), and Western Trauma Association (2010-19) as well as the Scudder Oration at the American College of Surgeons (1963e2019), were reviewed for names of participants and categorized by gender. Results: Women made up 963 of 2746 (35.1%) of presenters, 252 of 1020 (24.7%) of discussants, 116 of 622 (18.6%) of moderators of scientific sessions, 189 of 707 (26.7%) of panelists, and 69 of 254 (27.2%) of panel moderators. Only 12 of 126 (9.5%) of named lectures or presidential addresses were given by women. Conclusions: The low rate of female named speakers suggests that there remains a "glass ceiling" when it comes to upper-level participation in national trauma meetings.

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Trends in Gender Representation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress and the Academic Surgical Congress: A Mixed Picture of Progress

Cited by 42 publications

References 19 publications

Women’s Participation in Research to Improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Outcomes Through Evidence Base Data in West Africa

Women’s Participation in Research to Improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Outcomes Through Evidence Base Data in West Africa

Gender distribution and leadership trends in trauma surgery societies

Is there a glass ceiling at national trauma meetings?

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