Reichard Kathleen G, Levine Deborah A, Reed Jennifer, Barrick-Groskopf Lindsey, Bechtel Kirsten, Cooper Gena, Hall Jeannine E, White Marjorie L, Langhan Melissa L
Department of Emergency Medicine, Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Nyack, New York, USA.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Nov;30(11):1138-1143. doi: 10.1111/acem.14786. Epub 2023 Aug 21.
There are wide variations in the gender makeup of speakers at national pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) conferences with no significant change in recent years.
Gender disparities exist among national speakers and award recipients. PEM represents the intersection of pediatrics, a female-dominated specialty with approximately 58% women, and emergency medicine, a male-dominated specialty. We describe the proportion of women speakers and award recipients at two national PEM conferences, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Emergency Medicine (SOEM) and the Advanced PEM Assembly (APEMA), to the AAP National Conference & Exhibition (NCE), a national pediatric conference.
Data from SOEM and APEMA, obtained from 2016 to 2021 were compared to the 2021 NCE. Invited speakers, abstract presenters, and award recipients were identified. Gender was determined by searching each individual's name for self-identification. Gender proportions were compared across conferences, speaker type, and year.
Compared to the NCE, a significantly smaller proportion of women were invited speakers at APEMA (NCE 59.9% vs. APEMA 38.8%, p < 0.001), but similar proportions of women were invited speakers (53.9%, p = 0.178) and awardees at SOEM (50% vs. 50%, p = 1.0). A larger number of women were SOEM abstract presenters than invited speakers (63.3% vs. 53.9%, p = 0.041). Between 2016 and 2021, the proportion of women invited speakers (SOEM, p = 0.744; APEMA, p = 0.947) or abstract presenters (SOEM, p = 0.632) did not significantly change.
Compared to NCE, women are underrepresented as speakers at APEMA, but not at SOEM. Abstract presenters are more likely to be women compared to invited speakers. While awards appear equally distributed, recipients do not mirror the proportion of women in PEM. Conference organizers and leaders in PEM should ensure gender equity in national recognition.
全国儿科急诊医学（PEM）会议演讲者的性别构成差异很大，近年来没有显著变化。
全国演讲者和获奖者中存在性别差异。儿科急诊医学代表了儿科（女性主导的专业，约58%为女性）和急诊医学（男性主导的专业）的交叉领域。我们描述了在两个全国性儿科急诊医学会议——美国儿科学会（AAP）急诊医学分会（SOEM）和高级儿科急诊医学大会（APEMA）上，女性演讲者和获奖者在全国儿科会议AAP全国会议暨展览（NCE）中的占比情况。
将2016年至2021年从SOEM和APEMA获取的数据与2021年的NCE进行比较。确定受邀演讲者、摘要展示者和获奖者。通过搜索每个人的姓名以获取自我认定信息来确定性别。比较不同会议、演讲者类型和年份的性别比例。
与NCE相比，APEMA的受邀女性演讲者比例显著更低（NCE为59.9%，APEMA为38.8%，p < 0.001），但SOEM的受邀女性演讲者比例（53.9%，p = 0.178）和获奖者比例（50%对50%，p = 1.0）相似。SOEM的摘要展示女性比受邀女性演讲者更多（63.3%对53.9%，p = 0.041）。2016年至2021年期间，受邀女性演讲者比例（SOEM，p = 0.744；APEMA，p = 0.947）或摘要展示女性比例（SOEM，p = 0.632）没有显著变化。
与NCE相比，APEMA的女性演讲者占比不足，但SOEM并非如此。与受邀演讲者相比，摘要展示者更可能是女性。虽然奖项似乎分配均匀，但获奖者并未反映出儿科急诊医学领域女性的比例。儿科急诊医学会议组织者和领导者应确保在全国认可方面的性别平等。
