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Decade-Long Examination of Gender Disparities in Session and Speaker Roles at Hand Surgery Conferences
Chloe C Krasnoff1, Peter C Ferrin1, Ellie A Moeller1
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.
Hand (New York, N.Y.)
|March 27, 2025
Summary
Women remain underrepresented in speaking roles at a major hand surgery conference, despite some progress. Achieving gender parity in leadership and all session types is crucial for the field.
Area of Science:
- Medical Conferences
- Hand Surgery
- Gender Representation
Background:
- Analysis of women speakership at a prominent hand surgery conference over a decade.
- Focus on speaker specialty, roles, and session topics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the representation of women speakers at a major hand surgery conference.
- To identify disparities in speaker specialty, speaking roles, and session topics.
Main Methods:
- Data collected from 2014-2024 American Association for Hand Surgery conference programs (excluding 2021).
- Extracted and verified data on gender, specialty, and speaking roles; categorized sessions by topic.
- Used a 14% reference for women's composition to assess proportional representation.
Main Results:
- Women comprised 27.7% of individual speakers and 28.3% of speaking opportunities.
- Women were a minority in physician groups but a majority in non-physician groups.
- Plastic surgeons were overrepresented, while orthopedic surgeons were underrepresented among women.
- Women held 18.8% of leadership roles and 32.3% of secondary roles.
- Men-only speakers were present in 30.15% of sessions.
Conclusions:
- Women are a minority in all analyzed categories, including speaking roles and session types.
- Disparities exist, with overrepresentation in plastic surgery and underrepresentation in orthopedic surgery.
- The hand surgery field must prioritize gender parity in national conference representation.
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