Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, 601 N Caroline St, JHOC 5230, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Topiwala National Medical College, 1 Dr. AL Nair Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra 40008, India.
Spine J. 2024 Aug;24(8):1369-1377. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.11.018. Epub 2023 Dec 9.
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Enhancing gender diversity at academic conferences is critical for advancing women's representation and career trajectories in spine surgery. PURPOSE: To discover trends in women's representation at major spine conferences over a 15-year period. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING: Conference records from the 2007-2021 annual meetings of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Spine Society, and Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). PATIENT SAMPLE: Authors of spine-related presentations. OUTCOME MEASURES: Authorship by gender. METHODS: Retrospective bibliometric analysis with univariate and multivariate modeling to identify trends and predictors of gender diversity. RESULTS: Among 8,948 presentations, 750 (8.4%) had female first authors and 618 (6.9%) had female senior authors. There was no change in rates of female first authorship (p=.41) or senior authorship (p=.88) over time. The strongest predictors of female first authorship were having a female senior author (OR 7.32, p<.001), and delivering presentations at SRS (OR 1.95, p=.001). Factors negatively associated with female first authorship included poster format (OR 0.82, p=.039) and conference location in the United States/Canada (OR 0.76, p=.045). Similar trends were encountered for senior authorship. Productivity per senior author was similar between genders (p=.160); whereas a gender gap in productivity per first author during 2007 to 2011 (p=.020) equalized by 2017 to 2021 (p=.300). Among the 10 most productive authors of each gender, male authors delivered more presentations, but all authors shared similar format, content, and location. CONCLUSIONS: Women's representation in spine-related presentations did not increase at three major conferences over a 15-year period. Our findings regarding the positive effects of female mentorship, and international or virtual venues merit further investigation to address the gender gap. The upstream pipeline of recruiting women into academic spine surgery also needs to be addressed.
背景:在学术会议上提高性别多样性对于推进女性在脊柱外科领域的代表性和职业发展轨迹至关重要。
目的:发现过去 15 年期间主要脊柱会议中女性代表人数的趋势。
研究设计/背景:神经外科医师协会、北美脊柱学会和脊柱侧凸研究学会 2007-2021 年年会的会议记录。
患者样本:脊柱相关演讲的作者。
结果测量:按性别划分的作者身份。
方法:回顾性文献计量分析,采用单变量和多变量建模来确定性别多样性的趋势和预测因素。
结果:在 8948 项演讲中,有 750 项(8.4%)的第一作者为女性,有 618 项(6.9%)的资深作者为女性。第一作者身份和资深作者身份的女性比例(分别为 6.9%和 8.4%)没有随时间变化(p=.41 和 p=.88)。第一作者为女性的最强预测因素是有女性资深作者(OR 7.32,p<.001)和在 SRS 发表演讲(OR 1.95,p=.001)。与第一作者为女性相关的负向因素包括海报格式(OR 0.82,p=.039)和会议地点在美国/加拿大(OR 0.76,p=.045)。资深作者的类似趋势也存在。每位资深作者的生产力在性别之间相似(p=.160);而 2007 年至 2011 年期间,第一作者的生产力性别差距(p=.020)在 2017 年至 2021 年期间均等化(p=.300)。在每一位性别中最有生产力的 10 位作者中,男性作者发表的演讲更多,但所有作者的格式、内容和地点都相似。
结论:在过去的 15 年期间,在三个主要会议上,女性在脊柱相关演讲中的代表性没有增加。我们关于女性指导的积极影响以及国际或虚拟场地的发现值得进一步研究,以解决性别差距问题。还需要解决将女性招募到学术脊柱外科领域的上游管道问题。
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