Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Radiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2021 Jan-Feb;50(1):18-22. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2019.10.001. Epub 2019 Oct 21.
In the current cultural climate, gender disparity is a topical and contentious issue. In academic medicine, there is an underrepresentation of female faculty in leadership positions with lower research output and fewer grant awards. We study the gender differences in faculty rank, leadership positions, and research output among chest radiologists in North America.
A list of clinical faculty at radiology programs in North America was obtained using the FREIDA database and program websites. Demographic information and data pertaining to academic rank, peer-reviewed publications, and research productivity of each chest radiologist was obtained from Doximity and SCOPUS databases.
Four hundred ten (281 male:129 female) academic chest radiologists were included. Females were underrepresented at senior faculty level accounting for 18.8% (n = 21) of full, 29.2% (n = 21) of associate and 40.7% (n = 61) of assistant professors. 23.1% (n = 14) of department chiefs were women. Women were more likely to occupy a faculty position in chest radiology in Canada than in US (P < 0.05). The median H-index, and numbers of publications and citations were lower for females than male faculty (P < 0.05). Male faculty had more years of experience - median of 19 years, 16.5 years for females (P < 0.05).
Gender disparity exists in chest radiology with similar male predominance in terms of senior faculty rank, leadership roles, and research productivity to other medical specialties. The observed deficiency of research and scholarly output among female chest radiologists and the paucity of aspirational female radiologists in senior academic/leadership positions are factors which perpetuate this gender disparity and contribute to persistence of the gender pay gap.
在当前的文化氛围中，性别差异是一个热门且有争议的话题。在学术医学领域，女性在领导层中的代表性不足，她们的研究产出较低，获得的资助较少。我们研究了北美胸部放射学家的教职等级、领导职位和研究成果方面的性别差异。
使用 FREIDA 数据库和项目网站获取北美放射学项目的临床教师名单。从 Doximity 和 SCOPUS 数据库中获取每位胸部放射学家的人口统计学信息以及与学术职称、同行评议出版物和研究生产力相关的数据。
共纳入 410 名（281 名男性：129 名女性）学术胸部放射学家。在资深教职人员中，女性的代表性不足，占全职教授的 18.8%（n=21），副教授的 29.2%（n=21），助理教授的 40.7%（n=61）。23.1%（n=14）的系主任是女性。与美国相比，加拿大女性更有可能在胸部放射学领域担任教职（P<0.05）。女性的 H 指数中位数以及出版物和引用数量均低于男性教职人员（P<0.05）。男性教职人员的工作经验中位数为 19 年，女性为 16.5 年（P<0.05）。
胸部放射学领域存在性别差异，与其他医学专业一样，高级教职、领导角色和研究生产力方面男性占主导地位。观察到女性胸部放射学家的研究和学术产出不足，以及高级学术/领导职位中缺乏有抱负的女性放射学家，这些因素是导致这种性别差异持续存在并导致性别薪酬差距的原因。
