Interventions to enhance gender equity in academic medicine: a systematic review
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Most academic medicine interventions to improve gender equality focus on women, not systemic issues. More research is needed to address organizational structures, not just individual women, for true equity.
Area Of Science
- Medical Education
- Gender Studies
- Health Equity
Background
- Gender inequality persists in academic medicine, impacting recruitment, retention, and promotion.
- Existing interventions often place the burden on women rather than addressing systemic issues.
Purpose Of The Study
- To review current evidence on interventions enhancing gender equality and equity in academic medicine.
- To characterize interventions, their delivery, and their focus ('fix the women' vs. organizational/systemic levels).
Main Methods
- Systematic search of five electronic databases (Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, Google Scholar) and handsearching.
- Included original qualitative or quantitative studies on interventions for gender equality in academic medicine.
- Applied Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) and Morahan frameworks; assessed study quality using QUADS tool.
Main Results
- 27 studies met inclusion criteria; common interventions included career development, leadership programs, and mentorship.
- Most studies reported positive findings, but many used subjective measures; robust studies showed mixed results.
- The majority of interventions aimed to 'fix the women,' with few addressing organizational inequalities.
Conclusions
- Few new interventions address pandemic-related impacts on women's research productivity.
- Existing interventions can create 'institutional housekeeping' and may fail during crises.
- Higher quality research is needed, focusing on organizational and systemic structures to achieve gender equity.
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