Gender disparity in speakers at a major academic emergency medicine conference.
education
emergency department
research, epidemiology
Journal
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
ISSN: 1472-0213
Titre abrégé: Emerg Med J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100963089
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
received:
26
06
2019
revised:
20
12
2019
accepted:
11
01
2020
pubmed:
30
1
2020
medline:
9
9
2021
entrez:
30
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Although women make up a substantial portion of the workforce in emergency medicine, they remain under-represented in academia. This study investigates trends in the representation of female speakers at the American College of Emergency Physicians scientific assembly-the largest academic emergency medicine conference in the world. Publication profiles, speaking duration and gender composition of speakers were collected and compared over a 3-year period. The authors described increased representation of female speakers at the conference from 2016 to 2018, as well as an upward trend in women's actual speaking time. This upward trend in women's representation may translate to more opportunities for female engagement in academic emergency medicine. Despite the increasing representation of women, male speakers outnumbered female speakers all 3 years, demonstrating that a speaker gender gap persists in academic emergency medicine.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Although women make up a substantial portion of the workforce in emergency medicine, they remain under-represented in academia.
METHODS
METHODS
This study investigates trends in the representation of female speakers at the American College of Emergency Physicians scientific assembly-the largest academic emergency medicine conference in the world. Publication profiles, speaking duration and gender composition of speakers were collected and compared over a 3-year period.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The authors described increased representation of female speakers at the conference from 2016 to 2018, as well as an upward trend in women's actual speaking time.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
This upward trend in women's representation may translate to more opportunities for female engagement in academic emergency medicine. Despite the increasing representation of women, male speakers outnumbered female speakers all 3 years, demonstrating that a speaker gender gap persists in academic emergency medicine.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31992568
pii: emermed-2019-208865
doi: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208865
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
379-380Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.