Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Harvard Medical School, Center for Surgery and Public Health (CSPH), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dis Colon Rectum. 2019 Mar;62(3):357-362. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001274.
Women surgeons are underrepresented in academic surgery and may be subject to implicit gender bias. In colorectal surgery, women comprise 42% of new graduates, but only 19% of Diplomates in the United States.
We evaluated the representation of women at the 2017 American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Scientific and Tripartite Meeting and assessed for implicit gender bias.
This was a prospective observational study.
The study occurred at the 2017 Tripartite Meeting.
The primary outcome measured was the percentage of women in the formal program relative to conference attendees and forms of address.
Female program representation was quantified by role (moderator or speaker), session type, and topic. Introductions of speakers by moderators were classified as formal (using a professional title) or informal (using name only), and further stratified by gender.
Overall, 31% of meeting attendees who are ASCRS members were women, with higher percentages of women as Candidates (44%) and Members (35%) compared with Fellows (24%). Women comprised 28% of moderators (n = 26) and 28% of speakers (n = 80). The highest percentage of women moderators and speakers was in education (48%) and the lowest was in techniques and technology (17%). In the 41 of 47 sessions evaluated, female moderators were more likely than male moderators to use formal introductions (68.7% vs 54.0%, p = 0.02). There was no difference when female moderators formally introduced female versus male speakers (73.9% vs 66.7%, p = 0.52); however, male moderators were significantly less likely to formally introduce a female versus male speaker (36.4% vs 59.2%, p = 0.003).
Yearly program gender composition may fluctuate. Low numbers in certain areas limit interpretability. Other factors potentially influenced speaker introductions.
Overall, program representation of women was similar to meeting demographics, although with low numbers in some topics. An imbalance in the formality of speaker introductions between genders was observed. Awareness of implicit gender bias may improve gender equity and inclusiveness in our specialty. See Video Abstract at http://links.lww.com/DCR/A802.
女性外科医生在学术外科领域的代表性不足，可能会受到隐性性别偏见的影响。在结直肠外科领域，女性占新毕业生的 42%，但在美国只有 19%的外科医生获得了专业资格认证。
我们评估了 2017 年美国结直肠外科学会科学与三方会议上女性的代表情况，并评估了隐性性别偏见。
这是一项前瞻性观察研究。
研究发生在 2017 年三方会议上。
主要观察指标是正式项目中女性的比例，相对于会议参会者和称呼方式。通过角色（主持人或演讲者）、会议类型和主题来量化女性在项目中的代表性。主持人对演讲者的介绍分为正式（使用专业头衔）和非正式（仅使用姓名），并进一步按性别进行分层。
通过角色（主持人或演讲者）、会议类型和主题来量化女性在正式项目中的代表性。主持人对演讲者的介绍分为正式（使用专业头衔）和非正式（仅使用姓名），并进一步按性别进行分层。
总体而言，31%的 ASCRS 会员是女性，候选人（44%）和会员（35%）的女性比例高于研究员（24%）。女性主持人占 26 人，占 28%；女性演讲者占 80 人，占 28%。教育类会议主持人和演讲者中女性的比例最高（48%），技术和技术类会议中女性的比例最低（17%）。在评估的 47 个会议中，女性主持人比男性主持人更有可能使用正式介绍（68.7%比 54.0%，p=0.02）。当女性主持人正式介绍女性和男性演讲者时，没有差异（73.9%比 66.7%，p=0.52）；然而，男性主持人正式介绍女性和男性演讲者的比例明显低于女性（36.4%比 59.2%，p=0.003）。
每年的项目性别构成可能会波动。某些领域的低数量限制了可解释性。其他因素可能会影响演讲者的介绍。
总体而言，女性在项目中的代表性与会议的人口统计学特征相似，尽管在某些主题中人数较少。观察到性别在介绍演讲者时的正式程度存在不平衡。对隐性性别偏见的认识可能会提高我们专业领域的性别平等和包容性。请访问 http://links.lww.com/DCR/A802 观看视频摘要。
