Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Unit 8CC-121, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada.
Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 May 11;52(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s40463-023-00635-8.
The gender disparity in surgical disciplines, specifically in speakers across North American medical and surgical specialty conferences, has been highlighted in recent literature. Improving gender diversity at society meetings and panels may provide many benefits. Our aim was to determine the state of gender diversity amongst presenters and speakers at the annual Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CSO) meetings.
Scientific programs for the CSO annual meetings from 2008 to 2020 were obtained from the national society website. Participant name, role, gender, location, and subspecialty topic were recorded for all roles other than poster presenter. Gender (male or female) was determined using an online search. The total number of opportunity spots and proportion of women was then calculated. Gender differences were analyzed using chi-square test and logistic regression with odds ratios. Four categories were analyzed: Society Leadership, Invited Speaker Opportunities, Workshop Composition (male-only panels or "manels", female-only panels, or with at least one female speaker), and Oral Paper Presenters (first authors).
There were 1874 leadership opportunity spots from 2008 to 2020, of which 18.6% were filled by women. Among elected leadership positions in the society, only 92 unique women filled 738 leadership opportunity spots. 13.2% of workshop chairs, 20.8% of panelists and 22.7% of paper session chairs were female. There was an overall increase in the proportion of leadership positions held by women, from 13.9% of leadership spots in 2008 to 30.1% in 2020. Of the 368 workshops, 61.1% were led by men only, 36.4% by at least 1 female surgeon, and 2.5% by women only. "Manels" have comprised at least 37.5% of workshops each year.
The proportion of women in speaking roles at the annual CSO meetings has generally increased over time, particularly among panelists, leading to fewer male-only speaking panels. However, there has been a slower rate of growth in the proportion of unique women in speaker roles. There remains an opportunity to increase gender/sex diversity at the major Canadian otolaryngology meeting.
近期文献强调了北美医学和外科专业会议中外科学科的性别差距，尤其是在演讲者方面。提高学会会议和小组讨论中的性别多样性可能会带来许多好处。我们的目的是确定加拿大耳鼻喉科学会（CSO）年会中演讲者的性别多样性现状。
从国家学会网站获取了 2008 年至 2020 年 CSO 年会的科学计划。记录了所有角色（海报演讲者除外）的参与者姓名、角色、性别、地点和亚专科主题。使用在线搜索确定性别（男性或女性）。然后计算机会点的总数和女性的比例。使用卡方检验和逻辑回归分析性别差异，计算比值比。分析了四个类别：学会领导、特邀演讲机会、研讨会组成（仅限男性的小组或“男性主导小组”、仅限女性的小组或至少有一名女性演讲者）和口头论文演讲者（第一作者）。
2008 年至 2020 年共有 1874 个领导机会点，其中 18.6%由女性担任。在学会的选举领导职位中，只有 92 位独特的女性担任了 738 个领导机会点。研讨会主席中有 13.2%、小组讨论小组成员中有 20.8%、口头会议主席中有 22.7%是女性。女性担任领导职务的比例总体上有所增加，从 2008 年的领导职位的 13.9%增加到 2020 年的 30.1%。在 368 个研讨会上，61.1%的研讨会由男性主导，36.4%的研讨会至少有 1 位女性外科医生参与，2.5%的研讨会由女性主导。每年至少有 37.5%的研讨会是“男性主导小组”。
在 CSO 年会上，女性在演讲角色中的比例总体上随时间推移而增加，尤其是在小组讨论小组成员中，导致男性主导的演讲小组越来越少。然而，在女性演讲者比例的增长速度较慢。在加拿大主要耳鼻喉科学会上增加性别/性别多样性仍有机会。
