Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jul;36(7):1859-1866. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.11.015. Epub 2021 Nov 13.
In this study of women in cardiothoracic anesthesiology, the authors aimed to characterize demographics, roles in leadership, and perceived professional challenges.
A prospective cross-sectional survey of female cardiothoracic anesthesiologists in the United States.
An internet-based survey of 43 questions was sent to women in cardiothoracic anesthesiology. The survey included questions on demographics, leadership, and perceptions of professional challenges including career advancement, compensation, promotion, harassment, and intimidation.
A database of women in cardiothoracic anesthesiology was created via personal contacts and snowball sampling.
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A total of 153 responses were analyzed, for a response rate of 65.1%. Most respondents were at the Clinical Instructor or Assistant Professor rank. Many women perceived that compensation, promotion, authorship, and career advancement were affected by gender. Furthermore, 67% of respondents identified having children as having a negative impact on career advancement. Many women reported experiencing derogatory comments (55.6%), intimidation (57.8%), microaggression (69.6%), sexual harassment (25.2%), verbal harassment (45.2%), and unwanted physical or sexual advances (24.4%). These behaviors were most often from a surgical attending, anesthesia attending, or patient.
This survey study of women in cardiothoracic anesthesiology found that many women perceived inequities in financial compensation, authorship opportunities, and promotion; in addition, many felt that their career advancement was impacted negatively by having children. A striking finding was that the majority of women have experienced intimidation, derogatory comments, and microaggressions in the workplace.
在这项心胸麻醉女性从业者的研究中,作者旨在描述人口统计学特征、领导角色以及感知到的职业挑战。
对美国心胸麻醉女性从业者进行前瞻性横断面调查。
对 43 个问题的互联网调查发送给心胸麻醉科的女性。调查包括人口统计学、领导能力以及职业挑战的认知,包括职业发展、薪酬、晋升、骚扰和恐吓。
通过个人联系和滚雪球抽样创建心胸麻醉女性数据库。
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共分析了 153 份回复,回复率为 65.1%。大多数受访者处于临床讲师或助理教授级别。许多女性认为薪酬、晋升、作者身份和职业发展受到性别影响。此外,67%的受访者认为有孩子会对职业发展产生负面影响。许多女性报告说经历过贬损性言论(55.6%)、恐吓(57.8%)、微侵犯(69.6%)、性骚扰(25.2%)、言语骚扰(45.2%)和不受欢迎的身体或性侵犯(24.4%)。这些行为大多来自外科主治医生、麻醉主治医生或患者。
这项对心胸麻醉女性从业者的调查研究发现,许多女性认为在经济补偿、著述机会和晋升方面存在不平等;此外,许多人认为有孩子会对她们的职业发展产生负面影响。一个引人注目的发现是,大多数女性在工作场所经历过恐吓、贬损性言论和微侵犯。