Krasnoff Chloe C, Ferrin Peter C, Moeller Ellie A, Hathaway Brynn A
Division of Plastic Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.
Hand (N Y). 2025 Mar 27:15589447251324664. doi: 10.1177/15589447251324664.
This study evaluates women speakership over a 10-year period at a major hand surgery conference, specifically focusing on differences in speaker specialty, speaking roles, and session topics.
Data from the American Association for Hand Surgery annual conference meeting programs between 2014 and 2024 were collected (excluding 2021 due to its virtual nature). Data regarding gender, speaking role, and specialty were extracted and verified via internet search. Each session was additionally categorized by topic. A reference of 14% women composition was used to compare proportional representation of women in various categories.
Three thousand and ninety-four speaking opportunities were identified for 1631 presenters, consisting of 27.7% women individual speakers and 28.3% women total speaking opportunities. Women made up the minority of all physician groups and majority of nonphysician groups. Among surgeons, women plastic surgeons were proportionately overrepresented while women orthopedic surgeons were underrepresented. Women constituted 18.8% of leadership and 32.3% of secondary positions. Women composed less than 40% of speakers of all sessions, with proportionately higher leadership rates in nontechnical sessions, panels, abstract sessions, and symposia and similar rates in keynotes and skills courses. Finally, 30.15% of all sessions had men-only speakers.
Women represent a minority across all categories analyzed, including overall speaking roles, leadership and secondary roles, and session types. Proportionately, women were overrepresented among plastic surgeons and underrepresented among orthopedic surgeons. Despite existing initiatives encouraging women to pursue careers in hand surgery, the field must prioritize achieving gender parity, particularly in representation at national conferences.
本研究评估了在一个大型手外科会议上10年间女性演讲者的情况，特别关注演讲者专业、演讲角色和会议主题的差异。
收集了2014年至2024年美国手外科协会年会会议议程的数据（由于2021年会议为虚拟会议而将其排除）。通过互联网搜索提取并核实了有关性别、演讲角色和专业的数据。每个会议还按主题进行了分类。使用14%的女性构成比例作为参考，以比较女性在各个类别中的比例代表情况。
共为1631名演讲者确定了3094个演讲机会，其中女性个人演讲者占27.7%，女性演讲机会总数占28.3%。女性在所有医生群体中占少数，在非医生群体中占多数。在外科医生中，女性整形外科医生的比例过高，而女性骨科医生的比例过低。女性在领导职位中占18.8%，在次要职位中占32.3%。女性在所有会议的演讲者中占比不到40%，在非技术会议、小组讨论、摘要会议和专题讨论会上的领导比例相对较高，在主题演讲和技能课程中的比例相似。最后，30.15%的会议只有男性演讲者。
在所有分析的类别中，包括总体演讲角色、领导和次要角色以及会议类型，女性都占少数。按比例而言，女性在整形外科医生中占比过高，在骨科医生中占比过低。尽管有现有举措鼓励女性从事手外科职业，但该领域必须优先实现性别平等，特别是在全国会议上的代表性方面。
