Why Aren't There More Female Pain Medicine Physicians?
Why Aren't There More Female Pain Medicine Physicians?
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DOI：
10.1097/aap.0000000000000774
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Bicket, Mark C.
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作者：
Doshi, Tina L.;Bicket, Mark C.
尽管人们对性别平等的重要性的认识不断提高，而且从事医学的女性人数也在增加，但在疼痛医学和麻醉学领域，女性的代表性仍然持续不足。就女性申请者、女性受训人员以及女性从业者的比例而言，疼痛医学在医学专业中处于倒数四分之一的位置。在性别平等的大多数客观指标方面，包括经济报酬、职业晋升、公众认可和领导职位，女性疼痛医学医生与男性同事相比也明显处于劣势。疼痛医学医生中性别多样性的增加对于促进疼痛研究、教育和临床护理的卓越发展以及创造高质量的工作环境至关重要。疼痛医学作为一个专业正处于十字路口，必须审视其当前性别差距的原因，并考虑采取行动呼吁来解决这一重要问题。
Despite a growing awareness about the importance of gender equity and the rising number of women in medicine, women remain persistently underrepresented in pain medicine and anesthesiology. Pain medicine ranks among the bottom quartile of medical specialties in terms of female applicants, female trainees, and proportion of female practitioners. Female pain medicine physicians are also notably disadvantaged compared with their male colleagues in most objective metrics of gender equity, which include financial compensation, career advancement, public recognition, and leadership positions. Increased gender diversity among pain medicine physicians is vital to fostering excellence in pain research, education, and clinical care, as well as creating a high-quality work environment. Pain medicine stands at a crossroads as a specialty, and must examine reasons for its current gender gap and consider a call to action to address this important issue.