Gender Representation in U.S. Urogynecology Fellowship Program Leadership. 2023

Samantha DeAndrade, and Kaitlin Crawford, and Sarah Eckhardt, and Katharina Laus, and Tajnoos Yazdany
From the Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.

The proportion of female physicians in the workforce has been steadily increasing, but the proportion of women in department leadership roles across the United States remains low. Urogynecology has the highest representation of women in leadership roles across obstetrics and gynecology and urology subspecialties; however, the proportion of women in leadership roles within urogynecology fellowship programs has not been described previously. Our objective was to investigate gender representation within urogynecology fellowship program leadership positions. This was a cross-sectional observational study where urogynecology fellowship program websites were queried for the geographic state as well as the gender expression of the program director and division chair. A total of 68 American Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited urogynecology fellowship programs were queried. Of these, 53 are obstetrics and gynecology-based programs and 15 are urology-based programs. Overall, women represent 67.6% of fellowship directors and 59.2% of division directors. One in 4 female fellowship directors concurrently hold the role of division chair. Women are significantly more likely to be fellowship directors in obstetrics and gynecology-based programs compared with urology-based urogynecology programs (75.4% versus 40.0%; odds ratio, 4.1; 95% confidence interval, 1.20-14.0). Women are also more likely to be division chairs in obstetrics and gynecology-based compared with urology-based urogynecology programs, although this did not reach statistical significance (63.4% versus 37.5%; odds ratio, 2.9, 95% confidence interval, 0.60-13.8). Across urogynecology fellowship programs, women are the majority of division chairs and fellowship directors. However, female representation in leadership roles is lagging at urology-based urogynecology programs.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007857 Leadership The function of directing or controlling the actions or attitudes of an individual or group with more or less willing acquiescence of the followers. Influentials
D003430 Cross-Sectional Studies Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time. Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D005180 Faculty, Medical Teaching and administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school. Faculties, Medical,Medical Faculties,Medical Faculty
D005257 Fellowships and Scholarships Stipends or grants-in-aid granted by foundations or institutions to individuals for study. Scholarships,Fellowships,Fellowship,Scholarship,Scholarships and Fellowships
D005260 Female Females
D006176 Gynecology A medical-surgical specialty concerned with the physiology and disorders primarily of the female genital tract, as well as female endocrinology and reproductive physiology.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.

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