Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 Oct;30(10):1508-1518. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8627. Epub 2021 Jan 12.
Recognition awards from professional medical societies play an important role in physicians' career advancement. Our aim was to evaluate the gender representation of award recipients from gastroenterology and hepatology societies. We analyzed the lists of award recipients from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and determined the gender of these award recipients. The primary outcome was the overall representation of women physician award recipients as compared with the representation of women in the specialty. Between 1941 and 2019, there were 921 awards, of which 77 (8.4%) were given to women and 844 (91.6%) to men. There was a significant increase in the proportion of women recipients over time, from 0% in 1970-1984 to 22.0% in 2015-2019 ( for trend <0.0001). Compared with the concurrent representation of women in the specialty, women physician recipients were underrepresented from 1970 to 1981 and 1984 to 2015, equitably represented from 1981 to 1984, and overrepresented from 2015 to 2019. Of the total number of awards in each category, women received 13.8% of teaching/mentorship awards and 3.8% of the highest achievement awards ( = 0.002). The proportion of women recipients varied among the societies, from 6.8% to 14.5%. The representation of women physician recipients of gastroenterology and hepatology society recognition awards has generally been low until most recently, when it has surpassed the proportion of women in the specialty. Because award recognition is important to career development, professional societies should have transparent processes that aim to identify and reduce various forms of bias, including gender-related bias, in all phases of award recognition.
专业医学学会颁发的认可奖项在医生的职业发展中起着重要作用。我们的目的是评估胃肠病学和肝脏病学学会的奖项获得者的性别代表性。我们分析了美国肝病研究协会、美国胃肠病学院、美国胃肠病学会和美国胃肠内镜学会的奖项获得者名单，并确定了这些奖项获得者的性别。主要结果是与该专业的女性医生相比，女性医生奖获得者的总体代表性。在 1941 年至 2019 年期间，共有 921 项奖项，其中 77 项（8.4%）授予女性，844 项（91.6%）授予男性。随着时间的推移，女性获奖者的比例显著增加，从 1970-1984 年的 0%增加到 2015-2019 年的 22.0%（趋势<0.0001）。与该专业同期的女性代表性相比，1970 年至 1981 年和 1984 年至 2015 年，女性医生获奖者代表性不足，1981 年至 1984 年代表性均等，2015 年至 2019 年代表性过高。在每个类别的总奖项中，女性获得教学/指导奖的比例为 13.8%，获得最高成就奖的比例为 3.8%（=0.002）。各学会女性获奖者的比例不同，从 6.8%到 14.5%不等。直到最近，胃肠病学和肝脏病学学会认可奖项的女性医生获奖者的代表性一直很低，而最近已经超过了该专业的女性比例。由于奖项认可对职业发展很重要，专业学会应该有透明的流程，旨在在奖项认可的所有阶段识别和减少各种形式的偏见，包括与性别相关的偏见。
