Gender disparities in leadership and scholarly productivity of academic hospitalists. Issue 8 (5th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Burden, Marisha; Frank, Maria G.; Keniston, Angela; Chadaga, Smitha R.; Czernik, Zuzanna; Echaniz, Marisa; Griffith, Jennifer; Mintzer, David; Munoa, Anna; Spence, Jeffrey; Statland, Barbara; Teixeira, Joao Pedro; Zoucha, Jeff; Lones, Jason; Albert, Richard K.
• Is Part Of: Journal of hospital medicine. Volume 10:Issue 8(2015)
• Page Start: 481
• Page End: 485
• Publication Date: 2015-03-05
• Subjects: Hospital care -- Periodicals; Clinical medicine -- Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2340
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1553-5592

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="jhm2340-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>BACKGROUND</title> <p>Gender disparities still exist for women in academic medicine but may be less evident in younger cohorts. Hospital medicine is a new field, and the majority of hospitalists are <41 years of age.</p> </sec> <sec id="jhm2340-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> <p>To determine whether gender disparities exist in leadership and scholarly productivity for academic hospitalists and to compare the findings to academic general internists.</p> </sec> <sec id="jhm2340-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>DESIGN</title> <p>Prospective and retrospective observational study.</p> </sec> <sec id="jhm2340-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>SETTING</title> <p>University programs in the United States.</p> </sec> <sec id="jhm2340-sec-0005" sec-type="section"> <title>MEASUREMENTS</title> <p>Gender distribution of (1) academic hospitalists and general internists, (2) division or section heads for both specialties, (3) speakers at the 2 major national meetings of the 2 specialties, and (4) first and last authors of articles from the specialties' 2 major journals</p> </sec> <sec id="jhm2340-sec-0006" sec-type="section"> <title>RESULTS</title> <p>We found equal gender representation of hospitalists and general internists who worked in university hospitals. Divisions or sections of hospital medicine and general internal medicine were led by women at 11/69 (16%) and 28/80 (35%) of university hospitals, respectively (<italic>P</italic> = 0.008). Women hospitalists and general internists were listed as speakers on 146/557 (26%) and 291/580 (50%) of the presentations at national meetings, respectively (<italic>P</italic> < 0.0001), first authors on 153/464 (33%) and 423/895 (47%) publications, respectively (<italic>P</italic> < 0.0001), and senior authors on 63/305 (21%) and 265/769 (34%) articles, respectively (<italic>P</italic> < 0.0001).</p> </sec> <sec id="jhm2340-sec-0007" sec-type="section"> <title>CONCLUSIONS</title> <p>Despite hospital medicine being a newer field, gender disparities exist in leadership and scholarly productivity. <italic>Journal of Hospital Medicine</italic> 2015;10:481–485. © 2015 Society of Hospital Medicine</p> </sec> </abstract>