检查住院计划网站是否使用性别语言和图像
Catherine E Read1, Jovanna A Tracz1, Nour Mhaimeed1
1School of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA.
BMC medical education
|September 26, 2023
概括
居住计划网站使用与专业性别分布相关的性别语言和图像. 这影响了申请人的看法,突出了对包容性网站内容的需求.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 医学中的性别研究.
- 数字健康传播数字健康传播
背景情况:
- 医学专业之间仍然存在性别差异,这影响了招聘.
- 居住计划网站对于潜在的申请人对归属感的看法至关重要.
- 网站内容,包括语言和图像,可能会影响申请人的兴趣和专业选择.
研究的目的:
- 分析和比较在居住计划网站上的性别语言的使用情况.
- 评估在居住计划网站的图像中性别的代表性.
- 为了将网站内容与医学专业的性别分布相关联.
主要方法:
- 评估了美国骨科,胸部,儿科,产科/妇科,皮肤病学和家庭医疗住院计划的网站 (2022).
- 采用解析和抓取程序来识别男性和女性的单词使用.
- 量化了网站照片中女性和男性人物的代表性.
主要成果:
- 在男性主导的专业中,男性词汇更频繁;女性语言在女性主导的专业中更频繁.
- 在男性占主导地位的专业中,男性对女性单词的比例显著更高.
- 在女性主导的专业网站上,女性在照片中的代表性明显高于男性主导和性别平衡的专业网站.
结论:
- 住所网站上的性别语言和摄影表现直接与专业的性别分布相关.
- 网站内容显著影响学生对居住计划的看法.
- 计划应该批判性地评估和策划网站语言和图像,以促进包容性.
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