Otoya Diana, Lavingia Kedar S, Amendola Michael F
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Va.
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Va; Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Central Virginia VA Health Care System, Richmond, Va.
J Vasc Surg. 2022 Jan;75(1):10-19.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.07.129. Epub 2021 Jul 26.
We hypothesized a potential gender disparity within a regional society like the Southern Association of Vascular Surgery (SAVS) when compared with vascular surgery demographics in the region. To assess this, we analyzed meeting and membership participation at the SAVS compared with regional data from the Society of Vascular Surgery as well as board certification in vascular surgery published by the American Board of Surgery (ABS).
The published programs from the SAVS Annual Meeting from 2012 to 2019 were analyzed for membership, presenter gender, type, topic, discussant gender, moderator gender, postgraduate course presenter gender, and manuscript publication demographics. The ABS was petitioned and yearly Vascular Surgery diplomate (ABS-VS) gender from member states of the SAVS was examined for the same period. Fisher's exact Student's t-test and analysis of covariance were used.
There were 257 total presentations (184 podium, 71.6%; 73 poster, 28.4%). A total of 61.4% (n = 43) of presentations by females were podium presentations, compared with 75.4% (n = 141) by males (P = .03). Females were less likely to be published when compared with their male counterparts (41.8% vs 58.7%, P = .02). The percentage of female gendered presenters statistically increased over the time period examined compared with a decrease in male presenters (R = 0.61, m = 1.27 vs R = 0.08, m = -0.35, P = .02). Female presenters had a female discussant 10.5% of the time compared with male presenters who had a male discussant 95.1% of the time (P < .0001). Females comprised 3.8% ± 1.1% of SAVS yearly membership compared with 12.0% ± 4.6% ABS-VS diplomates among SAVS member states (P < .0001). SAVS female membership significantly lagged behind the increase in ABS-VS female diplomate rate (P = .001). Only 39.1% of SAVS members were cross-listed in Society of Vascular Surgery membership rolls, with a total of 464 potential SAVS members, 11.2% or 52 of whom are female.
We found that female presenters at the SAVS Annual Meeting were less likely to be podium presenters, interface with other female discussants, and publish manuscripts when compared with their male counterparts. Statistically, female members were underrepresented within the SAVS membership rolls when compared with known boarded female vascular surgeons among southern member states. This gender gap highlights a unique opportunity to enhance and potentially increase mentorship opportunities for female trainees who are presenting and/or attending this regional vascular surgery meeting.
我们推测，与该地区血管外科的人口统计学数据相比，在诸如南部血管外科学会（SAVS）这样的地区性学会中可能存在潜在的性别差异。为了评估这一点，我们分析了SAVS的会议参与情况和会员构成，并与血管外科学会的地区数据以及美国外科委员会（ABS）公布的血管外科委员会认证数据进行了比较。
分析了2012年至2019年SAVS年会公布的会议议程，内容包括会员情况、演讲者性别、类型、主题、讨论者性别、主持人性别、研究生课程演讲者性别以及稿件发表情况。向ABS提出申请，查阅同期SAVS成员国血管外科专科医师（ABS-VS）的性别情况。采用Fisher精确检验、Student t检验和协方差分析。
共有257场报告（184场讲台报告，占71.6%；73场壁报报告，占28.4%）。女性报告者的讲台报告占61.4%（n = 43），而男性报告者的这一比例为75.4%（n = 141）（P = 0.03）。与男性同行相比，女性发表论文的可能性较小（41.8%对58.7%，P = 0.02）。在所研究的时间段内，女性报告者的比例在统计学上有所增加，而男性报告者的比例则有所下降（R = 0.61，m = 1.27对R = 0.08，m = -0.35，P = 0.02）。女性报告者有女性讨论者的情况占10.5%，而男性报告者有男性讨论者的情况占95.1%（P < 0.0001）。SAVS年度会员中女性占3.8% ± 1.1%，而SAVS成员国中ABS-VS专科医师女性占12.0% ± 4.6%（P < 0.0001）。SAVS女性会员的增长明显滞后于ABS-VS女性专科医师比例的增长（P = 0.001）。SAVS成员中只有39.1%同时登记为血管外科学会会员，共有464名潜在的SAVS成员，其中11.2%即52人为女性。
我们发现，与男性同行相比，SAVS年会的女性报告者成为讲台报告者的可能性较小，与其他女性讨论者交流较少，发表论文的可能性也较小。从统计学角度来看，与南部成员国中已知获得认证的女性血管外科医生相比，SAVS会员中的女性人数不足。这种性别差距凸显了一个独特的机会，即增加并可能扩大为参加该地区血管外科学术会议并进行报告的女性学员提供指导的机会。
