Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY..
Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2021 Jul-Aug;50(4):472-476. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.05.002. Epub 2020 May 16.
To assess gender balance amongst invited speakers at 2 national radiology conferences over the past decade.
The 2009, 2014, and 2019 Association of University Radiologists (AUR) and American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) conference programs were evaluated for the number and gender of invited speakers, as well as various presentation characteristics. Gender balance was stratified across conferences and years.
The final analysis included 1657 invited speakers and 45, 602 minutes of presentation. AUR showed a nonsignificant increase in the percent of presentations by women from 42.2% to 46.5% and in the percent of distinct female presenters from 41.6% to 46.0%. For ARRS, percentage of female presenters varied minimally from 36.1% to 38.2%. In AUR 2009, female presenters spoke on average 5.7min less than men (P= 0.042) and 6.5% of women gave lectures over 30 minutes vs 22.2% of men (P = 0.032). Subsequent AUR and ARRS conferences did not demonstrate presentation length disparities. For AUR, no keynote female speaker was identified. For ARRS, there was no significant difference in percentage of keynote speakers based on gender (P ≥0.516). A disproportionately high percentage of presentations before 8am (44.4%-66.7%) were by women.
Female representation was greater than among the overall radiology workforce, highlighting a role of national societies in promoting female radiologists. Nonetheless, such representation is confounded by disproportionate underrepresentation in visibility of invited talks. While improvement in some presentation measures were observed, continued efforts are warranted to promote equal opportunities for female radiologists at national conferences.
评估过去十年中两次全国放射学会议邀请演讲者的性别平衡情况。
评估了 2009 年、2014 年和 2019 年美国大学放射学家协会(AUR)和美国放射学会(ARRS)会议计划中邀请演讲者的数量和性别,以及各种演示特征。性别平衡按会议和年份进行分层。
最终分析包括 1657 名受邀演讲者和 45602 分钟的演讲。AUR 显示女性演讲者的比例从 42.2%增加到 46.5%,女性演讲者的比例从 41.6%增加到 46.0%,但没有统计学意义。对于 ARRS,女性演讲者的比例从 36.1%到 38.2%变化不大。在 AUR 2009 年,女性演讲者的演讲时间比男性平均少 5.7 分钟(P=0.042),6.5%的女性演讲时间超过 30 分钟,而男性为 22.2%(P=0.032)。随后的 AUR 和 ARRS 会议没有显示演讲时间的差异。在 AUR 中,没有确定女性主题演讲者。在 ARRS 中,根据性别,主题演讲者的比例没有显著差异(P≥0.516)。8 点之前的演讲者中,女性占比很高(44.4%-66.7%)。
女性代表人数多于放射科整体劳动力,这突出了全国性学会在促进女性放射科医生方面的作用。尽管如此,由于邀请演讲的可见度不成比例地偏低,这种代表性受到了影响。虽然一些演示措施有所改善,但仍需要继续努力,在全国会议上为女性放射科医生提供平等机会。