Towards equality: gender representation at the Royal College of Radiologists' Annual Scientific Meeting 2014-2021.

ABSTRACT: Background: Conferences facilitate career advancement, but gender imbalances in public fora may negatively impact both women and men, and society. We aimed to describe the gender distribution of presenters at the UK's 2014-2021 Royal College of Radiologists' (RCR) Annual Scientific Meeting. Methods: We extracted data on presenter name, role and session type from meeting programmes. We classified gender as male or female using names, records or personal pronouns, accepting the limitations of these categories. We classified roles by prestige: lead, other (speakers and workshop faculty), proffered paper or poster presenters. We calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for associations between gender and binary outcomes using logistic regression.  Results:

SUBMITTER: Gibson LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422055 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature