Proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in Canada: a retrospective observational study

Objective: To assess the proportion of women who presented research or medical grand rounds at five major academic hospitals in Canada.
Design: A cross sectional study. Setting: Five major university–affiliated hospitals in Toronto and Calgary. Results: Overall, at all sites and types of academic rounds, there were an average of 17% fewer women presenting than men (p < 0.001). There were an average of 32% and 21% more men presenting at the city wide grand rounds in City A and B respectively (p < 0.001, p = 0.002). There were more male speakers at 4 out of 5 types of rounds. The proportion of women presenting on average was proportional to the Canadian workforce, but on average, below the proportion of female residents and medical students (median ratio 1.1, 0.7 and 0.8 respectively). Conclusion: Our study demonstrated a lower proportion of females in an important outlet for academic recognition and role modeling. This provides a possible contributing factor to the under represent...

研究目标：评估加拿大五所大型教学医院中，在研究汇报或医学大查房（grand rounds）中进行汇报的女性占比。研究设计：横断面研究。研究场景：多伦多与卡尔加里的五所大型大学附属教学医院。研究结果：总体而言，在所有院区及各类学术查房中，女性汇报者的占比平均较男性低17%（p < 0.001）。在A市与B市的全市性大查房中，男性汇报者占比分别平均高出32%与21%（p < 0.001，p = 0.002）。五类查房中有四类的男性主讲人占比更高。女性汇报者的平均占比与加拿大劳动力人口的性别比例相当（中位数比值为1.1），但平均低于女性住院医师与医学生的占比（中位数比值分别为0.7与0.8）。结论：本研究表明，在学术认可度塑造与角色榜样示范的重要渠道中，女性占比偏低。这或许是女性在该领域代表性不足的潜在成因之一……