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Matthew Joseph Lynn1, Jasmine Memar-Vaghri1, Mansimran Virk2
1Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Rationale And Objectives:
Gender diversity in academic medicine has increased over time, but it is unknown whether these trends vary by academic rank and tenure status in highly competitive specialties. The aim of this study was to analyze trends in gender representation among emergency medicine, radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, and dermatology (E-ROAD) faculty.
Materials And Methods:
Publicly available data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Faculty Roster (1966-2021) were analyzed. Variables included gender and academic rank. Significance testing for 2-group comparisons was conducted via Mann Whitney U test.
Results:
Representation of women increased steadily across all E-ROAD specialties and ranks. The largest shifts occurred among professors and tenured positions. From 2001 to 2021, women outnumbered men among assistant professors and instructors in dermatology. Faculty approached gender parity (man-to-woman ratio < 2) among associate professors in dermatology, assistant professors in all specialties except radiology, and instructors across all specialties. In dermatology, women outnumbered men across on-track, not-on-track, and tenure-unavailable positions. Faculty approached gender parity among on-track faculty in anesthesiology and ophthalmology, and among not-on-track faculty in all specialties except radiology. By 2021, men outnumbered women professors by 2.7 to 5.2-fold across E-ROAD specialties.
Conclusions:
Representation of women increased significantly across all academic ranks and tenure statuses in E-ROAD specialties, with especially large gains in senior ranks. However, men continue to hold the majority of professor positions. Junior ranks and non-tenured positions approached gender parity in most specialties by 2021.
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