Department of General Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, 2335 Stockton Blvd, Room 5107, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
University of California Davis School of Medicine, 4610 X St, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jun;58(6):1139-1144. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.02.033. Epub 2023 Feb 28.
Leadership in academic conferences is an important factor for academic advancement. Underrepresentation of women in academic surgical conferences has been demonstrated in other subspecialties, but it has not been well-studied in pediatric surgery.
This retrospective descriptive study analyzes conference participation at 2 national pediatric surgery annual conference programs from 2003 to 2022. Moderator, speakers, and research presenter sex was collected. The primary outcome was the proportion of female participants in each of these roles. Mann-Kendall trend test was conducted to assess for significance.
Across 29 meetings, a total of 523 sessions were examined. Overall, female participation in all roles increased from 2003 to 2022. There were statistically positive trends of female participation in leadership roles as moderator (p = 0.003) and speaker (p = 0.01), with moderator role demonstrating the largest proportional female increase over time - with a 7-fold increase from 7.1% in 2003 to 50.0% in 2022. There was also a significant increasing trend in female participation as research presenters (p < 0.01) from 25.4% to 46.4%.
Gender representation in pediatric surgery conferences has improved over the last two decades. Women now represent approximately half of all participatory roles, and efforts to continue providing equal opportunities for women at pediatric surgery academic conferences should continue.
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Retrospective Descriptive.
学术会议中的领导力对于学术发展至关重要。在其他亚专科领域已经证实，女性在学术外科会议中的代表性不足，但在小儿外科学领域尚未得到充分研究。
本回顾性描述性研究分析了 2003 年至 2022 年两个国家小儿外科学年会计划的会议参与情况。收集了主持人、演讲者和研究报告者的性别。主要结果是这些角色中女性参与者的比例。进行曼-肯德尔趋势检验以评估显著性。
在 29 次会议中，共检查了 523 个环节。总体而言，女性在所有角色中的参与度从 2003 年增加到 2022 年。女性在领导角色中担任主持人（p=0.003）和演讲者（p=0.01）的参与度呈统计学上的正趋势，其中主持人角色的女性比例随着时间的推移呈 7 倍增长，从 2003 年的 7.1%增加到 2022 年的 50.0%。作为研究报告者的女性参与度也呈显著增加趋势（p<0.01），从 25.4%增加到 46.4%。
在过去的二十年中，小儿外科学会议中的性别代表性有所提高。现在，女性代表了所有参与角色的近一半，应该继续努力为小儿外科学术会议中的女性提供平等机会。
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回顾性描述。
