Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Center for Fetal Medicine and Women's Ultrasound, Los Angeles, CA.
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2020 Aug;2(3):100131. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2020.100131. Epub 2020 May 4.
The percentage of female physicians has grown significantly in past decades, with women currently making up 56% of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's board-certified membership.
We aimed to describe trends in the gender of invited speakers at postgraduate courses, panels, and debates at the annual meetings of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine over the last 2 decades.
We performed a retrospective observational study examining annual meetings of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in 1999, 2009, and 2015-2019. Invited speakers were identified through publicly available programs and examined by gender, degree, and the session of involvement. Postgraduate lectures (including courses, workshops, and forums), panels, and debates were examined. Speakers with Medicinae Doctor (or equivalent) degrees and obstetrics and gynecology training were included.
Among the 3 time points 1999, 2009, and 2019, there were 330 speaker slots. There was a significant difference in gender representation in the 3 time points; female representation was 25% in 1999, 21.5% in 2009, and 55.7% in 2019 (P<.001). There were significantly higher odds of having a female speaker in 2019 than in 2009 (odds ratio, 4.58; 95% confidence interval, 2.40-8.72; P<.001). Between 2015 and 2019, 813 speaker slots were identified, with a significant positive correlation between increasing year and increasing female representation (correlation coefficient=0.099; P=.005). When controlling for type of session, there were higher odds of having a female speaker with a later year (adjusted odds ratio, 1.16; 95% confidence interval, 1.05-1.28; P=.003). There was a significant difference in gender representation among different sessions (P=.028), with females listed in 51.2% of lecture slots but only 42.4% of panels and 38.0% of debates. Male moderators resulted in an average female representation of 29.8%±23.7% in a given session, whereas female moderators and a combination of both genders as moderators had average female representations of 71.6%±25.0% and 43.3%±19.4%, respectively, in a given session (P<.001). There was no correlation between the gender of the postgraduate course chair and either moderator or speaker gender.
There was a significant increase in the percentage of speaker slots allocated to females over the past 2 decades, a trend that moves toward reflecting the gender composition of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine membership.
在过去的几十年里，女性医生的比例显著增长，目前女性占母胎医学会董事会认证成员的 56%。
我们旨在描述过去 20 年母胎医学会年会上研究生课程、小组讨论和辩论中特邀演讲者的性别趋势。
我们进行了一项回顾性观察研究，检查了母胎医学会 1999 年、2009 年和 2015-2019 年的年会。通过公开的节目识别特邀演讲者，并按性别、学位和参与的会议进行检查。检查了研究生讲座（包括课程、研讨会和论坛）、小组讨论和辩论。包括医学博士（或同等学历）学位和妇产科培训的演讲者都包括在内。
在 1999 年、2009 年和 2019 年这 3 个时间点中，有 330 个演讲插槽。在 3 个时间点的性别代表方面存在显著差异；1999 年女性代表为 25%，2009 年为 21.5%，2019 年为 55.7%（P<.001）。2019 年与 2009 年相比，女性演讲者的出现几率显著更高（优势比，4.58；95%置信区间，2.40-8.72；P<.001）。在 2015 年至 2019 年期间，确定了 813 个演讲插槽，并且随着年份的增加，女性代表的比例呈显著正相关（相关系数=0.099；P=.005）。在控制会议类型后，具有更高的可能性具有较晚年份的女性演讲者（调整后的优势比，1.16；95%置信区间，1.05-1.28；P=.003）。不同会议的性别代表情况存在显著差异（P=.028），讲座插槽中列出了 51.2%的女性，但只有 42.4%的小组讨论和 38.0%的辩论。男性主持人导致给定会议中女性代表的平均比例为 29.8%±23.7%，而女性主持人和男女混合主持人的平均女性代表比例分别为 71.6%±25.0%和 43.3%±19.4%给定会议（P<.001）。研究生课程主席的性别与主持人或演讲者的性别之间没有相关性。
在过去的 20 年中，分配给女性的演讲插槽百分比显著增加，这一趋势越来越接近反映母胎医学会会员的性别构成。
