Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Surgeon. 2023 Oct;21(5):308-313. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2023.03.001. Epub 2023 Mar 17.
There is underrepresentation of women at surgical conferences. We examine the representation of women in Irish urology by looking at gender balance within the Irish Society of Urology (ISU) conference.
ISU programmes over thirteen years from 2008 to 2020 were assessed and female representation in session chairs, guest speakers, poster and oral presentations identified. Gender distributions of authors for each year was examined. To investigate changes in female representation temporally, the period of this study (2008-2020) was subdivided and compared: 2008-2013 and 2014-2020.
76 sessions were presided over by 138 chairs, of which 6 (4.3%) were female. Eight conferences had zero female chairs. 62 guest lectures were given, 6 (9.6%) by women. Of total 340 poster and 434 oral presentations, women delivered 24.9% (0-47.5%) of posters and 31.6% (10.3-59.4%) of oral presentations. We found no significant difference in the percentage of female poster presentations between the time periods 2008-2013 (m = 18.2, sd = 13.7) and 2014-2020 (m = 34.3, sd = 17.8), t(11) = -1.4, p > 0.05. However, we found a significant difference in the percentage of female oral presentations between the periods 2008-2013 (m = 18.7, sd = 14.2) and 2014-2020 (m = 40.6, sd = 14.5), t(11) = -2.8, p < 0.05.
Our study is the second to examine female representation in Irish urology. Session chairs and guest speakers were grossly overrepresented by males as were oral and poster presentations. Despite lacking female influence overall, in more recent years there was an increased representation of women. Societies should strive to increase female representation, as this perpetuates a positive feedback loop, encouraging future female trainees to pursue urological surgery.
在外科会议上，女性的代表性不足。我们通过观察爱尔兰泌尿外科学会 (ISU) 会议中的性别平衡来研究爱尔兰泌尿科的女性代表性。
评估了 2008 年至 2020 年的 13 年 ISU 计划，并确定了会议主席、客座演讲者、海报和口头报告中的女性代表人数。检查了每年作者的性别分布情况。为了从时间上研究女性代表性的变化，将本研究的时间段（2008-2020 年）划分为 2008-2013 年和 2014-2020 年两个时期进行比较。
76 个会议由 138 位主席主持，其中 6 位（4.3%）为女性。8 次会议没有女性主席。有 62 位客座演讲者，其中 6 位（9.6%）为女性。在总共 340 份海报和 434 份口头报告中，女性发表了 24.9%（0-47.5%）的海报和 31.6%（10.3-59.4%）的口头报告。我们发现 2008-2013 年（m=18.2，sd=13.7）和 2014-2020 年（m=34.3，sd=17.8）期间女性海报展示比例没有显著差异，t(11)=-1.4，p>0.05。然而，我们发现两个时期的女性口头报告比例有显著差异，2008-2013 年（m=18.7，sd=14.2）和 2014-2020 年（m=40.6，sd=14.5），t(11)=-2.8，p<0.05。
我们的研究是第二次调查爱尔兰泌尿科的女性代表性。会议主席和客座演讲者主要由男性代表，口头和海报展示也是如此。尽管整体上缺乏女性影响力，但近年来女性的代表性有所增加。学会应该努力增加女性的代表性，因为这会形成一个积极的反馈循环，鼓励未来的女性受训者从事泌尿外科手术。
