Department of Emergency Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Department of Internal and Emergency Medicine, Buergerspital Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland.
Am J Med. 2023 Jun;136(6):585-591. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.012. Epub 2023 Mar 9.
Higher productivity and team stability have been shown for gender-diverse teams. However, there is a relevant and well-known gender gap in clinical and academic cardiovascular medicine. So far, no data concerning gender distribution in presidents and executive boards of national cardiology societies exist.
In this cross-sectional analysis, gender equality in presidents and representatives of all national cardiology societies, which were members of, or affiliated with, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2022, was analyzed. In addition, representatives of the American Heart Association (AHA) were evaluated.
A total of 106 national societies were screened, of which 104 were included in the final analysis. Overall, 90 of 106 (85%) presidents were men, while 14 (13%) were women. In the analysis of board members and executives, a total of 1128 individuals were included. Overall, 809 (72%) board members were men, 258 (23%) women, and 61 (5%) of unknown gender. Except for society presidents in Australia, women were relevantly outnumbered by men in all world regions.
Women were underrepresented in leading positions of national cardiology societies in all world regions. As national societies are important regional stakeholders, improving gender equality in executive boards might create women role models, help foster careers, and narrow the global cardiology gender gap.
性别多元化的团队已经显示出更高的生产力和团队稳定性。然而，在临床和学术心血管医学领域，存在着明显的性别差距。到目前为止，关于国家心脏病学会的主席和执行委员会中的性别分布，还没有相关数据。
在这项横断面分析中，分析了 2022 年加入或隶属于欧洲心脏病学会（ESC）的所有国家心脏病学会的主席和代表的性别平等情况。此外，还评估了美国心脏协会（AHA）的代表。
共筛选了 106 个国家学会，其中 104 个被纳入最终分析。总的来说，106 位主席中有 90 位（85%）是男性，14 位（13%）是女性。在董事会成员和高管的分析中，共纳入了 1128 人。总的来说，董事会成员中有 809 位（72%）是男性，258 位（23%）是女性，61 位（5%）的性别未知。除了澳大利亚的学会主席，在所有世界区域，女性在领导层中的比例都明显低于男性。
在所有世界区域，女性在国家心脏病学会的领导职位中代表性不足。由于国家学会是重要的区域利益相关者，提高执行委员会的性别平等可能会创造女性的榜样，有助于促进职业发展，并缩小全球心脏病学的性别差距。
