Gender Representation on North American Ophthalmology Societies' Governance Boards.

ABSTRACT: Purpose  We examined the gender distribution and academic productivity of North American ophthalmology societies' board members. Methods  Cross-sectional and retrospective study of board members on American and Canadian ophthalmology societies. In December 2022, data was gathered from society webpages, online archives, and the Scopus database for publication information. Results  Of the identified 73 board presidents and 876 other board members, 49 (67.1%) board presidents were men and 24 (32.9%) were women, while 554 (63.2%) other board members were men and 322 (36.8%) were women ( p  = 0.53). Overall, board members who were men had significantly higher median h-indexes (men vs. women: 10 [interquartile range [IQR] = 22] vs. 7 [IQR = 12], p  = 0.03) and

SUBMITTER: Bondok M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10719047 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature