加拿大儿心脏病培训计划中的性别分布
Michael N Gritti1,2, Megan Werger2, Alison J Howell1,2
1Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, Labatt Family Heart Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease
|February 17, 2025
概括
加拿大儿心脏病学课程显示男性实习生占主导地位,女性申请人数明显减少. 申请者中的这种性别差距,而不是选择偏见,似乎推动了女性在这个专业中的代表性不足.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 尽管女性医学学生占多数,但一些专业,如成人心脏病学,仍然保留了男性学员的普遍性.
- 这项研究调查了加拿大儿心脏病培训计划中的性别分布.
研究的目的:
- 检查加拿大儿心脏病培训计划中的性别分布.
- 确定导致这一子专业性别差异的因素.
主要方法:
- 关于成功匹配儿科住院和儿科心脏病计划的数据来源于加拿大居民匹配服务.
- 进行了统计分析,以评估性别与项目入口之间的关联的重要性.
主要成果:
- 在2016-2024年期间,只有12%的匹配儿科心脏病学学员是女性,而男性为88%.
- 在儿科住院医生 (78%为女性) 和儿科心脏病学学员 (P < 0.0001) 之间存在统计学上显著的性别差异.
- 在申请人性别和成功入学儿心脏病学课程之间没有发现显著的关联 (P < 0.23).
结论:
- 在加拿大的儿科心脏病培训中仍然存在显著的性别差异,男性学员占主导地位.
- 女性代表性不足似乎与女性申请人数较少有关.
- 受样本规模的限制,在申请人性别与入学成功之间没有明显的偏见.
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