Katherine M Gerull1, Brandon Malik Wahba1, Laurel M Goldin1, Jared McAllister1, Andrew Wright2, Amalia Cochran3, Arghavan Salles4. 1. Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Surgery, St. Louis, MO, United States. 2. University of Washington, Department of Surgery, Seattle, WA, United States. 3. The Ohio State University, Department of Surgery, Columbus, OH, United States. 4. Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Surgery, St. Louis, MO, United States. Electronic address: arghavan@alumni.stanford.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are a number of factors that may hinder women's surgical careers. Here, we focus on one possible factor: the representation of women at surgical conferences. METHODS: Using a purposive sample of 16 national surgical societies, we assessed the proportion of women speakers at each society's annual meeting in plenary speaker and session speaker (panelist and moderator) roles in 2011 and 2016. RESULTS: Overall, 23.8% (28,591/120,351) of all society members were women. Of the 129 plenary speakers, 19.4% (n = 25) were women. Twelve conferences (42.9%) had zero women as plenary speakers. Of the 5,161 session speakers, 1,120 (21.7%) were women. Three-hundred fifty-three (39.5%) of the 893 panels included only male speakers. The proportion of women on conference organizing committees was positively correlated with having women session speakers (r = 0.71, p=<0.001) CONCLUSIONS: There is underrepresentation of women as conference speakers, particularly in plenary roles. There was wide variability in the representation of women across conferences.
BACKGROUND: There are a number of factors that may hinder women's surgical careers. Here, we focus on one possible factor: the representation of women at surgical conferences. METHODS: Using a purposive sample of 16 national surgical societies, we assessed the proportion of women speakers at each society's annual meeting in plenary speaker and session speaker (panelist and moderator) roles in 2011 and 2016. RESULTS: Overall, 23.8% (28,591/120,351) of all society members were women. Of the 129 plenary speakers, 19.4% (n = 25) were women. Twelve conferences (42.9%) had zero women as plenary speakers. Of the 5,161 session speakers, 1,120 (21.7%) were women. Three-hundred fifty-three (39.5%) of the 893 panels included only male speakers. The proportion of women on conference organizing committees was positively correlated with having women session speakers (r = 0.71, p=<0.001) CONCLUSIONS: There is underrepresentation of women as conference speakers, particularly in plenary roles. There was wide variability in the representation of women across conferences.
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