Kim Julie, Kaylor Kiara, Lamparello Nicole
Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021.
Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021.
Acad Radiol. 2023 Nov;30(11):2749-2756. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.01.008. Epub 2023 Mar 2.
To review the gender gap in Interventional Radiology (IR) and explore the role of the Integrated IR residency.
A retrospective review of gender demographic data of medical school applicants to Integrated IR residency from 2016-2021, and active residents/fellows ("trainees") in IR and peer specialties from 2007 to 2021.
Women comprised 21.0% of medical student applicants to the Integrated IR residency in the 2020-21 academic year, versus 12.9% of Diagnostic Radiology (DR) resident applicants to the Independent IR residency; these figures have stayed relatively constant since 2016-17 and represent a statistically significantly difference (p=0.000044). The Integrated pathway has become the dominant source of IR trainees, growing from 4.4% in 2016-17 to 76.3% in 2020-21 (p=0.0013). From 2007 to 2021, the percentage of all IR trainees who were female grew from 10.5% to 20.3% (p=0.005). From 2017 to 2021, the percentage of Integrated IR residents who were female grew from 13.3% to 22.0% (p=0.053, 19.1% year-over-year growth), and has been higher than the percentage of female Independent IR residents (p=0.048).
Women continue to be underrepresented in IR, though this gender gap is improving. The Integrated IR residency appears to have majorly contributed to this improvement, consistently supplying more women into the IR pipeline than through the fellowship/Independent IR residency. Women are significantly better represented among current Integrated IR residents than Independent residents. The now-dominant Integrated IR pathway must increase women recruitment for continued gender gap improvement.
回顾介入放射学（IR）中的性别差距，并探讨综合介入放射学住院医师培训项目的作用。
对2016 - 2021年申请综合介入放射学住院医师培训项目的医学院申请者，以及2007年至2021年介入放射学及相关专科的在职住院医师/研究员（“学员”）的性别数据进行回顾性分析。
在2020 - 21学年，女性占申请综合介入放射学住院医师培训项目的医学院学生的21.0%，而申请独立介入放射学住院医师培训项目的诊断放射学（DR）住院医师申请者中女性占12.9%；自2016 - 17年以来，这些数字相对保持稳定，且具有统计学显著差异（p = 0.000044）。综合培训路径已成为介入放射学学员的主要来源，从2016 - 17年的4.4%增长到2020 - 21年的76.3%（p = 0.0013）。从2007年到2021年，介入放射学女性学员的比例从10.5%增长到20.3%（p = 0.005）。从2017年到2021年，综合介入放射学住院医师中女性的比例从13.3%增长到22.0%（p = 0.053，年同比增长19.1%），且一直高于独立介入放射学女性住院医师的比例（p = 0.048）。
介入放射学领域女性代表人数仍然不足，尽管这种性别差距正在改善。综合介入放射学住院医师培训项目似乎对这一改善做出了重大贡献，持续为介入放射学输送的女性人数比通过专科培训/独立介入放射学住院医师培训项目的更多。与独立住院医师相比，当前综合介入放射学住院医师中的女性代表人数明显更多。现在占主导地位的综合介入放射学培训路径必须增加女性招募人数，以持续改善性别差距。
