Moving toward gender equity in the cardiology and cardiovascular research workforce in Germany: a report from the German Cardiac Society
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Moving toward gender equity in the cardiology and cardiovascular research workforce in Germany: a report from the German Cardiac Society. / Lerchenmüller, Carolin; Zelarayan, Laura; Streckfuss-Bömeke, Katrin; Gimenez, Maria Rubini; Schnabel, Renate; Hashemi, Djawid; Baldus, Stephan; Rudolph, Tanja K; Morbach, Caroline.
in: European heart journal open, Jahrgang 3, Nr. 2, 03.2023, S. oead034.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Moving toward gender equity in the cardiology and cardiovascular research workforce in Germany: a report from the German Cardiac Society
AU - Lerchenmüller, Carolin
AU - Zelarayan, Laura
AU - Streckfuss-Bömeke, Katrin
AU - Gimenez, Maria Rubini
AU - Schnabel, Renate
AU - Hashemi, Djawid
AU - Baldus, Stephan
AU - Rudolph, Tanja K
AU - Morbach, Caroline
N1 - © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - AIMS: Although the share of women in cardiology in Germany is growing steadily, this does not translate into leadership positions. Medical societies play a crucial role in shaping the national and international medical and scientific environment. The German Cardiac Society (DGK) aims to serve the public discourse on gender-equity by systematic analysis of data on gender representation within the society and in Germany.METHODS AND RESULTS: We present gender disaggregated data collection of members, official organs, working groups, scientific meetings, as well as awards of the DGK based on anonymized exports from the DGK office as well as on data gathered from the DGK web page. From 2000 to 2020, the overall number of DGK members as well as the share of women increased (12.5% to 25.3%). In 2021, the share of women ranged from 40% to 50% in earlier career stages but was substantially lower at senior levels (23.9% of consulting/attending physicians, 7.1% of physicians-in-chief, 3.4% of directors). The share of women serving in DGK working groups had gained overall proportionality, but nuclei and speaker positions were largely held by men. Boards and project groups were predominantly represented by men as well. At the DGK-led scientific meetings, women contributed more often in junior relative to (invited) senior roles.CONCLUSION: Increasing numbers of women in cardiology and in the DGK over the past 20 years did not translate into the respective increase in representation of women in leadership positions. There is an urgent need to identify and, more importantly, to overcome barriers towards gender equity. Transparent presentation of society-related data is the first step for future targeted actions in this regard.
AB - AIMS: Although the share of women in cardiology in Germany is growing steadily, this does not translate into leadership positions. Medical societies play a crucial role in shaping the national and international medical and scientific environment. The German Cardiac Society (DGK) aims to serve the public discourse on gender-equity by systematic analysis of data on gender representation within the society and in Germany.METHODS AND RESULTS: We present gender disaggregated data collection of members, official organs, working groups, scientific meetings, as well as awards of the DGK based on anonymized exports from the DGK office as well as on data gathered from the DGK web page. From 2000 to 2020, the overall number of DGK members as well as the share of women increased (12.5% to 25.3%). In 2021, the share of women ranged from 40% to 50% in earlier career stages but was substantially lower at senior levels (23.9% of consulting/attending physicians, 7.1% of physicians-in-chief, 3.4% of directors). The share of women serving in DGK working groups had gained overall proportionality, but nuclei and speaker positions were largely held by men. Boards and project groups were predominantly represented by men as well. At the DGK-led scientific meetings, women contributed more often in junior relative to (invited) senior roles.CONCLUSION: Increasing numbers of women in cardiology and in the DGK over the past 20 years did not translate into the respective increase in representation of women in leadership positions. There is an urgent need to identify and, more importantly, to overcome barriers towards gender equity. Transparent presentation of society-related data is the first step for future targeted actions in this regard.
U2 - 10.1093/ehjopen/oead034
DO - 10.1093/ehjopen/oead034
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 37090057
VL - 3
SP - oead034
JO - European heart journal open
JF - European heart journal open
SN - 2752-4191
IS - 2
ER -