Kinoshita Michiko, Sakai Yoko, Tanaka Katsuya
Department of Anesthesiology, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima, Japan.
Division of Anesthesiology, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima, Japan.
PLoS One. 2025 Mar 28;20(3):e0320398. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320398. eCollection 2025.
This study investigates the gender distribution of speakers at the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA) annual and branch meetings of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists.
We examined the gender of speakers in sessions at both JSA annual and branch meetings. We also verified the speakers' Japanese medical licensure status and years of qualification.
We analyzed 383 sessions from JSA annual meetings between 2019 and 2024, which included 827 speaker slots. Of them, 679 (82.1%) were men and 148 (17.9%) were women. Women were significantly underrepresented in sessions with fewer speaker slots (chi-square test, p = 0.006; trend test, p < 0.001). Furthermore, sessions were frequently composed entirely of men: 73.1% of all sessions and 44.3% of panel presentations were solely male participants. Among the subspecialties, female representation was high in obstetric anesthesia (36.8%) and pediatric anesthesia (31.8%) but low in cardiovascular anesthesia (6.3%). Among 508 speakers with confirmed Japanese medical licenses, 425 (83.7%) were men, and 83 (16.3%) were women, with no significant differences in gender distribution based on the year of licensure (Fisher's exact test, p = 0.968; trend test, p = 0.463). Additionally, we examined 104 sessions from JSA branch meetings between 2019 and 2023, comprising 176 speaker slots. Of them, 147 (83.5%) were men and 29 (16.5%) were women. There was no significant difference in gender distribution among branch meetings across different regions (p = 0.984).
These findings underscore the need for proactive measures to promote gender diversity in Japan's anesthesiology field.
本研究调查了日本麻醉医师协会（JSA）年会及分会会议上发言者的性别分布情况。
我们对JSA年会及分会会议各场次的发言者性别进行了考察。我们还核实了发言者的日本医师执照状态及取得资格的年限。
我们分析了2019年至2024年JSA年会的383个场次，其中包括827个发言名额。其中，男性679人（82.1%），女性148人（17.9%）。在发言名额较少的场次中，女性的代表性明显不足（卡方检验，p = 0.006；趋势检验，p < 0.001）。此外，各场次经常完全由男性组成：所有场次的73.1%以及小组发言的44.3%仅有男性参与者。在各亚专业中，产科麻醉领域女性占比高（36.8%），儿科麻醉领域女性占比也较高（31.8%），但心血管麻醉领域女性占比低（6.3%）。在508名持有有效日本医师执照的发言者中，男性425人（83.7%），女性83人（16.3%），基于执照取得年份的性别分布无显著差异（费舍尔精确检验，p = 0.968；趋势检验，p = 0.463）。此外，我们考察了2019年至2023年JSA分会会议的104个场次，包括176个发言名额。其中，男性147人（83.5%），女性29人（16.5%）。不同地区分会会议的性别分布无显著差异（p = 0.984）。
这些发现强调了在日本麻醉学领域采取积极措施促进性别多样性的必要性。
