Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2022 Mar;31(3):439-446. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8982. Epub 2021 May 5.
Academic centers' and professional societies' top leadership representation and professional societies' award recipients remain disparate by gender in many fields. Little is known regarding leadership representation and recognition within pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine (PCCM), which has ∼22% women physicians. We sought to understand the landscape of female PCCM leaders. We abstracted gender of fellowship program directors (PDs), Department of Medicine (DOM) Chairs and Division Chiefs from academic medical centers with PCCM fellowship programs from 2018 and for comparison 2008. We abstracted leadership and recognition award recipients within four PCCM professional societies from 2013 to 2018 (American Thoracic Society [ATS], American Academy of Sleep Medicine [AASM], American College of Chest Physicians [CHEST], and Society of Critical Care Medicine [SCCM]). In 2018, 29% of PCCM PD, 15% of PCCM Division Chiefs, and 15% of DOM Chairs were women. There were significantly more female PDs in 2018 (29%) compared with 2008 (16%, = 0.04). On average, 25% of society presidents were women, with 28% of PCCM societal awards going to women, with significant difference between societies ( = 0.04). Each society differed in average distribution of female board members over the 6-year period: ATS 38%, AASM 35%, CHEST 18%, and SCCM 44% ( < 0.001). PCCM leadership and societal recognition are disparate by gender with few women holding top leadership roles and receiving societal recognition. Fortunately, the distribution notably is starting to reflect the specialty's demographics. Understanding why these inequalities exist will be essential to achieving gender parity in PCCM.
学术中心和专业学会的领导层代表以及专业学会的奖项获得者在许多领域仍然存在性别差异。在肺科、危重病和睡眠医学（PCCM）领域，很少有人了解领导层代表和认可情况，该领域约有 22%的女性医生。我们试图了解女性 PCCM 领导者的情况。我们从 2018 年拥有 PCCM 研究员计划的学术医疗中心中提取了研究员计划主任（PD）、内科系主任和部门负责人的性别，并进行了比较，2008 年也进行了同样的提取。我们从 2013 年到 2018 年从四个 PCCM 专业学会中提取了领导和认可奖获得者（美国胸科学会 [ATS]、美国睡眠医学学会 [AASM]、美国胸科医师学会 [CHEST]和重症监护医学学会 [SCCM]）。2018 年，29%的 PCCM PD、15%的 PCCM 部门负责人和 15%的内科系主任是女性。与 2008 年（16%，=0.04）相比，2018 年女性 PD 明显更多。平均而言，女性担任学会主席的比例为 25%，女性获得的 PCCM 学会奖项为 28%，不同学会之间存在显著差异（=0.04）。在 6 年期间，每个学会的女性董事会成员的平均分布情况均不同：ATS 为 38%，AASM 为 35%，CHEST 为 18%，SCCM 为 44%（<0.001）。PCCM 领导层和学会认可存在性别差异，很少有女性担任最高领导层职位并获得学会认可。幸运的是，这种分布情况开始反映该专业的人口统计数据。了解这些不平等现象存在的原因对于实现 PCCM 中的性别平等至关重要。
