Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Aug 1;104(5):987-996. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.05.005. Epub 2019 May 11.
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting is the most prominent international conference in radiation oncology. It represents one of the greatest time efforts for ASTRO volunteers, and the quality of the annual meeting is a high priority. Measures of diversity have been linked with quality of academic efforts. We conducted a study of gender diversity of the ASTRO invited speakers, focusing on speaker and panel characteristics, and associations of these characteristics with measures of audience satisfaction.
We created a database of all invited speakers (n = 1499 cumulative speaking positions, n = 725 individual speakers) and panels (n = 381) in the ASTRO annual meetings from 2012 to 2016. Speaker characteristics were acquired using publically available online search tools (including Scopus for citation metrics). SAS software was used for statistical analysis.
Of the 725 individual speakers, 27% were women. Men had higher median Hirsch index (H-index) (27 vs 20, P < .001), M-index (1.36 vs 1.11, P < .001), earlier first publication (1994 vs 1997), professorship (57% vs 40%, P < .001), chair status (25% vs 14%, P < .001) and fellow designations/distinctions (ie, FASTRO/FACR/FAAPM) (12% vs 9.5%, P < .17). Median panel gender distribution was 25% female, and greatest female representation was in breast, gynecology, and pediatrics. On multivariable analysis, panel characteristics associated with individual measures of audience satisfaction included single discipline presentations (metric: overall evaluation score), panels not proposed or endorsed by committee (metric: room count), higher H-index (metric: room count) and M-index (metric: request for session repeat), and panels with gender composition >50% female (metric: request for session repeat). Female conveners were associated with greater panel gender diversity.
Given observations that women constitute a minority of invited speakers and that greater female representation correlates with a key panel success metric, efforts to ensure greater diversity of those included in AM speaking invitations merit serious attention.
美国放射肿瘤学会（ASTRO）年会是放射肿瘤学领域最负盛名的国际会议。它代表着 ASTRO 志愿者们最大的时间投入之一，而年会的质量是重中之重。多样性的衡量标准与学术努力的质量有关。我们对 ASTRO 特邀演讲者的性别多样性进行了研究，重点关注演讲者和小组的特征，以及这些特征与观众满意度衡量标准的关联。
我们创建了一个包含 2012 年至 2016 年 ASTRO 年会所有特邀演讲者（累计演讲职位 1499 个，个人演讲者 725 人）和小组（381 个）的数据库。使用公共在线搜索工具（包括 Scopus 用于引文指标）获取演讲者特征。使用 SAS 软件进行统计分析。
在 725 名个人演讲者中，女性占 27%。男性的中位数 Hirsch 指数（H-index）（27 对 20，P <.001）、M-index（1.36 对 1.11，P <.001）、首次发表时间更早（1994 年对 1997 年）、教授职位（57% 对 40%，P <.001）、主席职位（25% 对 14%，P <.001）和研究员指定/区别（即 FASTRO/FACR/FAAPM）（12% 对 9.5%，P <.17）更高。小组性别分布的中位数为 25%女性，在乳房、妇科和儿科领域的女性代表人数最多。在多变量分析中，与观众满意度个体衡量标准相关的小组特征包括单一学科演讲（总体评价评分）、非委员会提出或认可的小组（房间数量评分）、更高的 H-index（房间数量评分）和 M-index（请求重复小组评分）以及性别构成>50%女性的小组（请求重复小组评分）。女性召集人与会者与更大的小组性别多样性相关。
鉴于观察到女性在特邀演讲者中占少数，并且更多的女性代表与一个关键小组成功衡量标准相关，因此值得认真关注确保邀请参加 AM 演讲的人更加多样化。
