Women Physicians Are Underrepresented in Recognition Awards From the Association of Academic Physiatrists

Silver, Julie K.; Blauwet, Cheri; Bhatnagar, Saurabha; Slocum, Chloe; Tenforde, Adam S.; Schneider, Jeffrey C.; Zafonte, Ross; Goldstein, Richard; Gallegos-Kearin, Vanessa; Reilly, Julia M.; Mazwi, Nicole

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“…We did not assess gender representation among award recipients in every medical specialty society or in every award category sponsored by any one society. We also maintain that, as demonstrated in initial studies by Silver et al [2,3], analysis of the underrepresentation of women physicians among recognition award recipients within a society requires more than just an accounting of total numbers of women versus men recipients overall or in a single year or in a single award category and further that standard statistical analysis may not fully capture the significance of differences when the findings are zero [6]. Moreover, documentation of underrepresentation does not address causality.…”

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“…Notably, for 40 of 48 years, no women received a recognition award that was associated with a lectureship; a prestigious opportunity to speak to colleagues in a public forum, impart personal views, and guide the collective vision for the future of the field. A second study that analyzed the gender of physician award recipients recognized by the Association of Academic Physiatrists over the 27‐year history of the awards (1990‐2016) also revealed a less‐than‐proportionate representation of women as compared with their presence in academic physiatry [3]. In that study, Silver et al [3] noted that no awards were given to women physicians during the most recent 4 years (2013‐2016) or in one half of the award categories during the most recent decade (2007‐2016).…”

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“…A second study that analyzed the gender of physician award recipients recognized by the Association of Academic Physiatrists over the 27‐year history of the awards (1990‐2016) also revealed a less‐than‐proportionate representation of women as compared with their presence in academic physiatry [3]. In that study, Silver et al [3] noted that no awards were given to women physicians during the most recent 4 years (2013‐2016) or in one half of the award categories during the most recent decade (2007‐2016). Moreover, no women received the outstanding resident/fellow award since the award's inception (2010).…”

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Where Are the Women? The Underrepresentation of Women Physicians Among Recognition Award Recipients From Medical Specialty Societies

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Membership in medical societies is associated with a number of benefits to members that may include professional education, opportunities to present research, scientific and/or leadership training, networking, and others. In this perspective article, the authors address the value that medical specialty society membership and inclusion have in the development of an academic physician's career and how underrepresentation of women may pose barriers to their career advancement. Because society membership itself is not likely sufficient to support the advancement of academic physicians, this report focuses on one key component of advancement that also can be used as a measure of inclusion in society activities-the representation of women physicians among recipients of recognition awards. Previous reports demonstrated underrepresentation of women physicians among recognition award recipients from 2 physical medicine and rehabilitation specialty organizations, including examples of zero or near-zero results. This report investigated whether zero or near-zero representation of women physicians among recognition award recipients from medical specialty societies extended beyond the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Examples of the underrepresentation of women physicians, as compared with their presence in the respective field, was found across a range of additional specialties, including dermatology, neurology, anesthesiology, orthopedic surgery, head and neck surgery, and plastic surgery. The authors propose a call for action across the entire spectrum of medical specialty societies to: (1) examine gender diversity and inclusion data through the lens of the organization's mission, values, and culture; (2) transparently report the results to members and other stakeholders including medical schools and academic medical centers; (3) investigate potential causes of less than proportionate representation of women; (4) implement strategies designed to improve inclusion; (5) track outcomes as a means to measure progress and inform future strategies; and (6) publish the results to engage community members in conversation about the equitable representation of women.

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“…40 Our results are consistent with studies describing under representation of female physicians as recipients of awards from medical and surgical specialty societies. [31][32][33]41 Female medical students have also been shown to be less likely to receive an honours distinction on a research thesis than their male peers, even after adjustment for mentorship, advanced degrees and time spent on the project. 42 Overall, our study on resident association awards adds to the current body of literature suggesting that female phys icians are evaluated less favourably than male physicians in multiple settings, including teaching evaluations, 18 student evaluations, 11 prestigious research awards 43 and grant applica tions.…”

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Proportion of female recipients of resident-selected awards across Canada from 2000 to 2018: a retrospective observational study

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I n Canada, the number of women admitted to medical schools has exceeded the number of men for 25 years. 1 Despite over 2 decades of numerical parity, evidence shows that female physicians continue to be underrepresented in academia, leadership and administration in Canada and worldwide. 2-9 Substantial evidence exists that female phys icians are held to a higher standard than their male peers in evaluations, assessments, grant applications, publishing and reference letters. 10-19 Although there is evidence for explicit bias against female physicians, 20-22 most bias is implicit, mani festing in subtle ways such as word choice when describing trainees and differential access to operating time. 11,23-28 Awards from residency associations allow residents to rec ognize physicians for their contributions. Unlike awards issued by other organizations, awards from residency associa tions reflect the values of residents, who may have different levels of bias than practising physicians. These awards may contribute to promotion, hiring, prestige and recognition. 29,30 Previous studies that have examined award recipients by sex have focused on awards given to staff physicians by national societies. 29,31-34 We sought to evaluate whether male staff and resident physicians are more likely to receive an award from Canadian residency associations than female physicians. Methods We conducted a retrospective observational study of award recipient sex for staff and resident physicians who received awards from Canadian residency associations for 2000-2018. Setting In Canada, there are 17 medical faculties distributed across 10 provinces: 6 in Ontario, 4 in Quebec, 2 in Alberta, and 1 each in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Maritime provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. There are 8 provincial or regional residency associations that represent

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“…Dr Silver is an educator, innovator, master clinician, startup company founder, and an award‐winning author who has authored or edited nearly 100 books. Her expertise in inequities and inclusion is exemplified by her innovative research on the under‐representation of women physicians in medical societies, including physiatry [1,2]. Dr Silver and the invited contributors highlight the nature and layers of micro‐inequities in PM&R and in medicine more generally and suggest ways to address the problem.…”

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Women Physicians Are Underrepresented in Recognition Awards From the Association of Academic Physiatrists

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Where Are the Women? The Underrepresentation of Women Physicians Among Recognition Award Recipients From Medical Specialty Societies

Where Are the Women? The Underrepresentation of Women Physicians Among Recognition Award Recipients From Medical Specialty Societies

Proportion of female recipients of resident-selected awards across Canada from 2000 to 2018: a retrospective observational study

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