Data from: 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 representation of women in academic medicine, and an area that can be systematically targeted to promote equity.

研究目的：评估加拿大五所大型教学医院内，参与科研与临床大查房（grand rounds）发言的女性占比。研究设计：横断面研究（cross-sectional study）。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：整体而言，所有研究站点及各类学术查房中，女性发言者占比平均较男性低17%（p < 0.001）。A市与B市的全市性大查房中，男性发言者占比平均分别高出32%与21%（p < 0.001，p = 0.002）。五类查房中有四类的男性发言者占比更高。女性发言者的整体平均占比与加拿大劳动力人口性别结构相当，但平均而言低于女性住院医师与医学生的占比（中位比值分别为1.1、0.7与0.8）。研究结论：本研究证实，在学术认可塑造与角色榜样示范的重要渠道中，女性占比偏低。该结果可为学术医学领域女性代表性不足的问题提供一种潜在成因解释，同时也为系统性推进性别公平提供了可靶向优化的方向。