Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC.
Fam Med. 2021 Feb;53(2):92-97. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2021.355251.
Women have increased in presence within academic family medicine over time yet remain underrepresented among senior faculty. Mentorship is a mechanism by which senior faculty support scholarly achievements, accelerating advancement of junior faculty.
We analyzed 10 years (2008-2017) of original research articles in three peer-reviewed family medicine journals. We examined first author/last author pairs by gender as a proxy for mentorship of junior faculty by senior faculty. We compiled family medicine faculty data across 9 years to compare trends in scholarly mentorship with faculty advancement.
Female last authorship increased from 28.8% (55/191) of original research articles with a first and last author in 2008 to 41.8% (94/225) in 2017. The share of female first authors on articles with a female last author was 56.4% in 2008 and 2017. The share of female first authors on articles with a male last author increased from 41.2% (56/136) to 55.7% (73/131) between 2008 and 2017. From 2009-2017, the proportion of women increased for assistant, associate, and full professor roles, but remained under 50% for the associate professor role and at 35% for professorship in 2017.
Despite disproportionate rates of last authorship and senior faculty positions in family medicine departments, senior female authors have equal if not greater rates of mentorship of female first authors in family medicine literature. The increase in first authorship, last authorship, and faculty position indicates that improvements have occurred in gender advancement over the study period, but gains are still needed to improve gender equity within the field.
随着时间的推移，女性在学术家庭医学领域的参与度不断增加，但在资深教职员工中的代表性仍然不足。指导是资深教职员工支持学术成就、加速初级教职员工发展的一种机制。
我们分析了三份同行评审的家庭医学期刊 10 年来（2008-2017 年）的原始研究文章。我们通过性别考察第一作者/最后作者对，以此作为资深教职员工对初级教职员工指导的代理。我们汇总了 9 年来的家庭医学教师数据，以比较学术指导与教师晋升的趋势。
女性最后作者的比例从 2008 年（91 篇原始研究文章中的 55 篇）的 28.8%增加到 2017 年的 41.8%。在有女性最后作者的文章中，女性第一作者的比例在 2008 年和 2017 年均为 56.4%。在有男性最后作者的文章中，女性第一作者的比例从 2008 年的 41.2%（56 篇）增加到 2017 年的 55.7%（73 篇）。2009-2017 年，助理教授、副教授和正教授职位的女性比例有所增加，但副教授职位的女性比例仍低于 50%，2017 年教授职位的女性比例为 35%。
尽管在家庭医学系中最后作者和资深教职员工的比例不成比例，但在家庭医学文献中，资深女性作者对女性第一作者的指导率相等，甚至更高。第一作者、最后作者和教职员工数量的增加表明，在研究期间，性别晋升取得了进展，但仍需要进一步努力，以改善该领域的性别公平。
