S.J. Diamond is assistant professor of medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon. C.R. Thomas Jr is professor and chairman, Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon. S. Desai is associate professor of medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon. E.B. Holliday is a senior radiation oncology resident, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. R. Jagsi is associate professor of radiation oncology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan. C. Schmitt is a gastroenterologist, Galen Medical Group, Chattanooga, Tennessee. B.K. Enestvedt is assistant professor of medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Acad Med. 2016 Aug;91(8):1158-63. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001219.
Female representation in academic medicine is increasing without proportional increases in female representation at senior ranks. The purpose of this study is to describe the gender representation in academic gastroenterology (GI) and compare publication productivity, academic rank, and career duration between male and female gastroenterologists.
In 2014, the authors collected data including number of publications, career duration, h-index, and m-index for faculty members at 114 U.S. academic GI programs.
Of 2,440 academic faculty, 1,859 (76%) were men and 581 (24%) were women. Half (50%) of men held senior faculty position compared with 29% of women (P < .001). Compared with female faculty, male faculty had significantly (P < .001) longer careers (20 vs. 11 years), more publications (median 24 [0-949] vs. 9 [0-438]), and higher h-indices (8 vs. 4). Higher h-index correlated with higher academic rank (P < .001). The authors detected no difference in the h-index between men and women at the same rank for professor, associate professor, and instructor, nor any difference in the m-index between men and women (0.5 vs. 0.46, respectively, P = .214).
A gender gap exists in the number and proportion of women in academic GI; however, after correcting for career duration, productivity measures that consider quantity and impact are similar for male and female faculty. Women holding senior faculty positions are equally productive as their male counterparts. Early and continued career mentorship will likely lead to continued increases in the rise of women in academic rank.
尽管学术医学领域的女性代表人数有所增加，但在高级职位中，女性的代表性却没有相应增加。本研究旨在描述学术胃肠病学（GI）领域的性别代表性，并比较男女胃肠病学家的发表论文生产力、学术职称和职业持续时间。
2014 年，作者收集了美国 114 个学术 GI 项目的教职员工的出版物数量、职业持续时间、h 指数和 m 指数等数据。
在 2440 名学术教职员工中，1859 名（76%）为男性，581 名（24%）为女性。男性中有一半（50%）担任高级教职，而女性只有 29%（P <.001）。与女性教职员工相比，男性教职员工的职业生涯明显更长（20 年与 11 年），发表的论文更多（中位数 24 [0-949]与 9 [0-438]），h 指数更高（8 与 4）。h 指数与学术职称呈正相关（P <.001）。作者发现，在教授、副教授和讲师的相同职称中，男性和女性的 h 指数没有差异，男性和女性的 m 指数也没有差异（分别为 0.5 与 0.46，P =.214）。
在学术 GI 领域，女性的数量和比例存在性别差距；然而，在考虑职业持续时间后，考虑数量和影响的生产力衡量标准在男女教职员工之间是相似的。担任高级教职的女性与男性同行同样富有成效。早期和持续的职业指导可能会导致学术职称中女性比例的持续增加。
