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- Women are underrepresented in otolaryngology fellowship director roles, with significantly lower percentages of women across various subspecialties compared to overall representation in academic otolaryngology.
- The study highlights that women in these director positions have shown higher academic productivity compared to their male counterparts, as indicated by H-index and years of practice.
- Overall, the findings suggest that while women are gaining ground in academic otolaryngology, they still face substantial gender disparities in leadership roles like fellowship directors.
Article Abstract
Objective: Women are underrepresented among practicing otolaryngology physicians with increasing disparities in leadership roles and higher levels of professional attainment in academic medicine. The purpose of this study is to determine the gender gap among fellowship directors within specific otolaryngology subspecialties, and how this compares to disparities among all academic appointments held by otolaryngologists. Additionally, we seek to better understand how years practiced, H-index, professorship status, and academic productivity differ between men and women in fellowship director roles.
Design: Cross-sectional. Publicly available data from non-ACGME accredited otolaryngology fellowships was collected from department websites and Doximity including gender, years of practice, and professor status of fellowship directors. Scopus was used to find H-index for identified fellowship directors. Fisher's Exact tests were used to determine if significant gender disparity existed between each fellowship and academic otolaryngology as whole. H-index and years of practice were plotted for men and women comparing the slope of lines of best fit as a measure of academic productivity.
Setting: Non-ACGME accredited otolaryngology fellowships in the US.
Participants: Fellowship directors in non-ACGME accredited otolaryngology fellowships.
Results: Among 174 fellowship positions in our analysis, head and neck (17.3% women), laryngology (17.2% women), rhinology (5.7% women), and facial plastics (8.1% women) had significantly lower overall women representation compared to academic otolaryngology (36.6% women) (p < 0.05). As fellowship directors, women were significantly more productive than men given years practiced and H-index (p = 0.008).
Conclusions: Gender disparities among otolaryngologists are amplified in the role of fellowship directors compared to broader academic otolaryngology. This is true despite women in these roles demonstrating higher academic productivity.
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