妇女,外科医生和创新管道
1Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York.
Clinics in colon and rectal surgery
|August 11, 2023
概括
生物技术和医疗技术中的性别多样性仍然是一个挑战,女性在领导和初创公司融资方面代表性不足. 这影响了产品开发,需要提出可行的改进建议.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 医疗技术 医疗技术 医学技术
- 性别多样性研究 研究性别多样性研究
背景情况:
- 在生物技术和医疗/外科技术领域,从入门级到领导角色,女性的代表性明显不足.
- 这种代表性不足延伸到女性领导的初创企业和专利获得的风险投资资金.
- 妇女在外科专业和科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 领域的代表性不足之间存在相似之处.
研究的目的:
- 检查关于生物技术和医疗技术中的性别多样性的当前数据.
- 探索女性在STEM和外科领域的代表性不足以及她们在医疗技术行业的存在之间的联系.
- 突出非代表性产品开发团队的现实世界后果.
主要方法:
- 审查有关行业性别多样性的当前数据.
- 探索STEM/外科领域的代表人数不足与医疗技术行业之间的相似之处.
- 分析团队多样性对产品开发的影响.
主要成果:
- 在生物技术和医疗技术领域的各个层面,妇女的代表性仍然不足.
- 越来越少由女性领导的初创公司获得风险投资资金和专利.
- 缺乏多元化的团队导致产品可能无法有效地为整个人口提供服务.
结论:
- 解决STEM和医学领域的性别差距对于生物技术和医疗技术的创新至关重要.
- 对于企业,教育工作者和个人来说,需要采取行动的建议,以促进更大的性别多样性.
- 提高多样性将导致医疗技术行业更公平,更有效的产品开发.
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