Exploring women representation in major surgical society annual meetings in Italy. in Updates in surgery / Updates Surg. 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1007/s13304-025-02154-9.
2025
AOU Città della Salute di Torino
Tipo pubblicazione
Journal Article
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Tutino R
Department of General and Emergency Surgery, "Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino" University Hospital, Turin, Italy. la.tutino@gmail.com.
Tamburini A
Colorectal Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Dimalio R
Department of Surgery, "F. Renzetti" Hospital, Lanciano, Italy.
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Abstract
Gender diversity is increasing in medical schools and among physicians, including in surgical residency and among surgeons. However, leadership roles do not appear to be growing proportionately. To assess whether gender equality within the surgical community is improving, we analyzed gender representation in leading roles at two major events within the field in Italy in 2023. Of the 1,566 participants in leadership roles, 199 (12.71%) were women and 1,368 (87.29%) were men. Women consistently made up less than 25% of session invited speakers, with the highest representation in breast (23.5%), peritoneum (21.6%), endocrine (21.5%), and emergency (20.1%) sessions. Female speakers accounted for less than 10% of the presentations in bariatric, colon, esophageal, and stomach sessions. Moreover, women made up just 5.1% and 21% of scientific secretaries in the two conferences, respectively. Gender representation was found to be independently associated with conference participation (p?
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PMID : 40097868
DOI : 10.1007/s13304-025-02154-9
Keywords
Diversity; Equality; Gender roles; Inclusion; Leadership; Surgery;