Gender Differences in Leadership Positions Among Academic Nuclear Medicine Specialists in Canada and the United States
Gender Differences in Leadership Positions Among Academic Nuclear Medicine Specialists in Canada and the United States
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10.2214/ajr.18.20062
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发表时间：
2019-01-01
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5
通讯作者：
Khosa, Faisal
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作者：
Moghimi, Saba;Khurshid, Kiran;Khosa, Faisal
OBJECTIVE.尽管医学生中男女比例相等，但在学术诊断放射学领域，妇女的比例仍然偏低。这些差异在学术医学甚至诊断放射学的亚专业中都很明显。关于核医学专家多样性的现有数据有限。因此，我们的主要目标是比较在加拿大和美国的核医学教师的学术和领导职位的性别代表性。我们的第二个目标是研究的影响，以解释现有的差距，在学术核医学。使用奖学金和居留电子交互式数据库（FREIDA）和加拿大居民匹配服务（CaRMS），我们创建了一个核医学教师的数据库。为了评估学习成绩，使用Scopus. SPSS提取了h指数、出版物数量、引用数量和积极研究的年数。使用237名教职员工的学术排名进行分析;其中，16.95%的副教授是女性。妇女在较高学术级别中的代表性较低，在领导级别中的代表性也较低（女性13.6%，男性86.4%）。h指数在不同性别之间具有可比性。与男性同行相比，女性核医学专家在学术和领导职位上的代表性不足。这种数字上的差异不太可能是因为学习成绩，因为在我们的研究中，男女学生的学习成绩指标相当。结果表明，需要制定战略，以促进核医学专家的学术和领导地位的多样性。
OBJECTIVE. Despite equal representation of genders among medical students, women continue to be underrepresented in the field of academic diagnostic radiology. These differences are manifest across subspecialties in academic medicine and even in diagnostic radiology. There are limited data available addressing diversity among nuclear medicine specialists. Thus, our primary objective was to compare gender representation in academic and leadership positions among faculty members in nuclear medicine in Canada and the United States. Our secondary objective was to study the influences to account for the existing disparity in academic nuclear medicine.MATERIALS AND METHODS. Using the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA) and Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS), we created a database of faculty members in nuclear medicine. For assessment of academic performance, the h-index, number of publications, number of citations, and years of active research were extracted using Scopus.RESULTS. The academic ranks of 237 faculty members were used for analysis; of this group, 16.95% of associate professors were female. Women were less frequently represented in higher academic ranks, and women were also less frequently represented in leadership ranks (13.6% female vs 86.4% male). The h-index was comparable across genders.CONCLUSION. Female nuclear medicine specialists are underrepresented in academic and leadership positions compared with their male counterparts. This difference in numbers is unlikely to be because of academic performance given that both genders had comparable academic performance metrics in our study. The results show the need for devising strategies to promote diversity in academic and leadership positions across nuclear medicine specialists.