Pratschke Kathryn, Bristow Poppy, Paczesna Alina, Parakh Ishita, MacKay Jill R D, Mackay Fiona, Blacklock Kelly
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Veterinary Specialists Ireland, Clonmahon, Summerhill, Co. Meath, Ireland.
PLoS One. 2025 Sep 2;20(9):e0329147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329147. eCollection 2025.
The objective of this retrospective study was to explore gendered equity for invited speakers at the European College of Veterinary Surgery (ECVS) Annual Scientific Meeting between 2012-2022 when compared to speciality demographics for ECVS membership. Our sample populations included the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) Diplomate membership, and all invited speakers at their Annual Scientific Meetings between 2012-2022. Data was extracted from Meeting Programs including year, speaker name, session type, and frequency of invitation. Authors were assigned a binary gender using a web-based algorithm to determine gender by a first name. The number and gender of new Diplomates each year between 1993-2023 was obtained from the ECVS Office and used as a comparison group to assess proportional representation amongst invited speakers. We found that women comprised 27% (249/924) of ECVS Diplomates in 2012 and 33.82% (312/924) in 2022. In this decade, there were 913 invited lectures delivered at ECVS Annual Scientific Meetings, 21% (188/913) were delivered by women. Women were particularly under-represented for higher prestige lectures including State of the Art (0%), Pre-Congress wet labs (0%) and Pre-Congress expert-led sessions (15.8%, 15/95). In conclusion, the proportion of invited speakers that were women at ECVS Scientific Meetings between 2012-2022 was 21%, despite women comprising >25% of ECVS Diplomate membership since 2012. Higher prestige sessions were heavily biased towards speakers being men. We suggest proactive commitment is needed to achieve gender equity in speaker invitations across all session types at ECVS Annual Scientific Meetings.
这项回顾性研究的目的是，将2012年至2022年欧洲兽医外科学会（ECVS）年度科学会议特邀演讲者的性别平等情况，与ECVS会员的专业人口统计数据进行比较。我们的样本群体包括欧洲兽医外科学院（ECVS）的院士会员，以及2012年至2022年期间其年度科学会议的所有特邀演讲者。数据从会议议程中提取，包括年份、演讲者姓名、会议类型和邀请频率。使用基于网络的算法根据名字确定性别，为作者分配二元性别。1993年至2023年每年新院士的数量和性别从ECVS办公室获取，并用作比较组，以评估特邀演讲者中的比例代表性。我们发现，2012年女性占ECVS院士的27%（249/924），2022年为33.82%（312/924）。在这十年中，ECVS年度科学会议共举办了913场特邀讲座，其中21%（188/913）由女性主讲。在包括前沿技术（0%）、会前湿实验室（0%）和会前专家主导会议（15.8%，15/95）等高声望讲座中，女性的代表性尤其不足。总之，2012年至2022年ECVS科学会议上女性特邀演讲者的比例为21%，尽管自2012年以来女性占ECVS院士会员的比例超过25%。声望较高的会议严重偏向男性演讲者。我们建议需要积极采取措施，在ECVS年度科学会议的所有会议类型中实现特邀演讲者的性别平等。
