Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Otago, New Zealand
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An evaluation of conference involvement on gender disparity in paediatric surgery
Author(s): Sunita Basu*
Academic advancement depends on leadership at academic conferences.
Although it has been shown in other subspecialties that women are
underrepresented at academic surgical conferences, paediatric surgery
has not been thoroughly investigated. This retrospective descriptive
analysis, which covered the years 2003 to 2022, examined conference
attendance at two national paediatric surgery annual conference
programmes. Sex data from the moderator, speakers, and research
presenters was gathered. The percentage of female participants in each
of these roles was the main result. A trend test was run to determine
its relevance. A total of 523 sessions from 29 meetings were looked at.
From 2003 to 2022, there was an overall rise in the percentage of women
in all roles. There were statistically significant increases in the number
of women in speaking and moderat.. View More»
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