1 McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health, Houston, Texas.
2 Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-Based Practice, University of Texas Health, Houston, Texas.
Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2019 Jul;20(5):406-410. doi: 10.1089/sur.2018.220. Epub 2019 Mar 20.
The percentage of female surgeons and surgery residents has increased slowly to 24% and 35%, respectively. However, women remain under-represented in surgical leadership positions (<20%). Society awards and leadership positions are used for hiring and promoting surgeons. We hypothesized that within the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), females are under-represented. The SIS website and databases were consulted for the number of female members, awardees, and leaders. Representation was divided into four time periods: 2000-2005, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2016-2017 and compared for changes over time utilizing a Χ test. In addition, we reviewed the council members of five other surgical societies and compared the percentage of female representation in leadership positions. Since the SIS was founded, there have been 587 members of whom only 135 (23%) are female. There has been an increase in female membership over time (p < 0.001). The number of female awardees rose from 37% during the first two study periods to more than 50% in the last two periods (p = 0.002). However, female representation in leadership positions decreased from 26% in 2000-2005 to less than 15% in the last three study periods (p = 0.234). Similar disparities emerged when comparing the SIS with other surgical societies: Women have represented only 24% (range 8%-42%) of leaders and 4% (range 0-11%) of society presidents. Female surgeons are under-represented in the SIS membership and leadership positions. Whereas the number of female surgeons and residents has increased, these trends have not occurred with council membership and leadership within the SIS. There is a need to address this gender disparity.
外科医生和外科住院医师中女性的比例分别缓慢增加到 24%和 35%。然而，女性在外科领导职位中的代表性仍然不足（<20%）。社会奖项和领导职位用于招聘和提拔外科医生。我们假设在外科感染学会（SIS）中，女性的代表性不足。我们查阅了 SIS 网站和数据库，以了解女性会员、获奖者和领导人的数量。代表性分为四个时间段：2000-2005 年、2006-2010 年、2011-2015 年和 2016-2017 年，并利用 Χ 检验比较了随时间的变化。此外，我们还审查了其他五个外科学会的理事会成员，并比较了领导职位中女性代表的百分比。自 SIS 成立以来，已有 587 名成员，其中只有 135 名（23%）是女性。女性会员人数随着时间的推移而增加（p<0.001）。在头两个研究期间，女性获奖者的人数从 37%上升到后两个期间的 50%以上（p=0.002）。然而，女性在领导职位中的代表性从 2000-2005 年的 26%下降到后三个研究期间的不到 15%（p=0.234）。当将 SIS 与其他外科学会进行比较时，也出现了类似的差距：女性仅占领导职位的 24%（范围 8%-42%）和学会主席的 4%（范围 0-11%）。女性外科医生在 SIS 成员和领导职位中的代表性不足。虽然女性外科医生和住院医师的数量有所增加，但这些趋势并未出现在 SIS 理事会成员和领导职位中。需要解决这种性别差距。
