Clarke Whalen E, Xu G, Cygankiewicz I, Bacharova L, Zareba W, Steinberg J S, Tereshchenko L G, Baranchuk A
Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Electrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
J Electrocardiol. 2017 Sep-Oct;50(5):540-542. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.05.002. Epub 2017 May 4.
Despite the increasing number of women entering the medical profession, senior positions and academic productivity in many fields of medicine remain to be men dominated. We explored gender equity in electrocardiology as perceived by recent academic productivity and also active participation (presidencies and board constituents) in both the International Society of Electrocardiology (ISE) and the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology (ISHNE). Academic productivity was measured by authorship (first and senior) in the Journal of Electrocardiology (JECG) and the Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology (ANE) in 2015. The percentage of women ISE and ISHNE Presidents was 5.6% and 0%, respectively. Current women board constituents for each society was 12.1% for ISE, and 9.4% for ISHNE. JECG articles published in 2015 had considerably less women compared to men for both senior (16.3%) and first (25.3%) authorship. ANE articles published in 2015 followed the same trends in gender, having less women compared to men for both senior (9.4%) and first (19.3%) authorship. There is a gender equity imbalance in the field of Electrocardiology. Identifying a gender imbalance is important for understanding reasons behind these trends, and may also help improve gender equity in Electrocardiology.
尽管进入医学行业的女性人数不断增加，但在许多医学领域，高级职位和学术产出仍然由男性主导。我们通过近期的学术产出以及在国际心电学会（ISE）和国际动态心电图与无创心电学会（ISHNE）中的积极参与情况（主席职位和董事会成员构成）来探讨心电学领域的性别平等问题。学术产出通过2015年在《心电学杂志》（JECG）和《无创心电学年鉴》（ANE）上的署名情况（第一作者和资深作者）来衡量。ISE和ISHNE主席中女性的比例分别为5.6%和0%。ISE和ISHNE当前董事会成员中女性的比例分别为12.1%和9.4%。2015年发表在JECG上的文章中，资深作者（16.3%）和第一作者（25.3%）中女性的比例均远低于男性。2015年发表在ANE上的文章在性别方面也呈现相同趋势，资深作者（9.4%）和第一作者（19.3%）中女性的比例均低于男性。心电学领域存在性别平等失衡的情况。识别性别失衡对于理解这些趋势背后的原因很重要，也可能有助于改善心电学领域的性别平等状况。
