Cancian Madeline, Aguiar Liza, Thavaseelan Simone
Department of Urology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Department of Urology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island.
Urol Pract. 2018 May;5(3):228-232. doi: 10.1016/j.urpr.2017.03.006. Epub 2017 Mar 25.
While urology has historically been a male dominated field, the number of female urologists is increasing. In 2015 women made up 7.7% of practicing urologists and 17.1% of urologists younger than age 45 years. In the medical field overall females have been markedly underrepresented in leadership positions. We assess the current prevalence of women in urological leadership roles.
Using data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and society and journal leadership boards, we compiled a list of editorial staff, boards of directors, department chairs and program directors in July 2016. Queried societies included the American Board of Urology, American Urological Association, Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons, Societies for Pediatric Urology, Society of Urologic Oncology, Society of Academic Urologists, Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction, and the Large Urology Group Practice Association. Editorial boards examined were from ® and . We also included committee members who wrote American Urological Association guidelines between 2011 and 2016.
Women represent 10% of leadership positions in the queried organizations and are underrepresented in advanced leadership positions. There were no women on the American Urological Association board of directors and women made up 1.6% of department chairs. Of the committees 76% included at least 1 woman. Overall, 75% of women on committees were urologists. By comparison, 95% of men on committees were urologists.
Overall, women are fairly represented in a broad cross-section of leadership roles. Women are less well represented in the upper echelon of urological leadership, especially department chairs.
虽然从历史上看，泌尿外科一直是男性主导的领域，但女性泌尿外科医生的数量正在增加。2015年，女性占执业泌尿外科医生的7.7%，在45岁以下的泌尿外科医生中占17.1%。在整个医学领域，女性在领导职位上的代表性明显不足。我们评估了目前女性在泌尿外科领导职位中的比例。
利用毕业后医学教育认证委员会、学会和期刊领导委员会的数据，我们在2016年7月编制了一份编辑人员、董事会成员、系主任和项目主任的名单。查询的学会包括美国泌尿外科委员会、美国泌尿外科学会、泌尿生殖重建外科医生学会、小儿泌尿外科学会、泌尿肿瘤学会、学术泌尿外科医生学会、尿动力学学会、女性盆底医学与泌尿生殖重建学会以及大型泌尿外科集团执业协会。审查的编辑委员会来自《》和《》。我们还纳入了2011年至2016年期间撰写美国泌尿外科学会指南的委员会成员。
在所查询的组织中，女性占领导职位的10%，在高级领导职位中的代表性不足。美国泌尿外科学会董事会中没有女性，女性系主任占1.6%。在各委员会中，76%至少有1名女性。总体而言，委员会中的女性有75%是泌尿外科医生。相比之下，委员会中的男性有95%是泌尿外科医生。
总体而言，女性在广泛的领导角色中得到了相当的代表。在泌尿外科领导的高层，尤其是系主任层面，女性的代表性较差。
