Current state of female pediatric urologists at Societies for Pediatric Urology fellowship accredited programs.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Gender inequities in medicine exist. Urology is a male dominated surgical specialty, with recent census data showing females represent only 10.9% of the workforce. We aimed to characterize the composition of female pediatric urologists across the Societies for Pediatric Urology (SPU) pediatric urology fellowship accredited programs, with particular attention to academic promotion and leadership positions.

Methods

In January 2023, we reviewed the official websites of the 27 pediatric urology programs listed on the SPU website as fellowship accredited programs. We identified pediatric urology surgery attendings, their gender, academic title, and if they were named a director of an internal program or had a hospital leadership position. We identified the program chief a

SUBMITTER: Armon N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12327338 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature