Gender Differences in Barriers to Academic Cardiovascular Careers in North America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite improvements in gender representation across cardiovascular training stages, there is a decline in women cardiologists at higher levels of academia.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to understand personal and systemic contributors to academic career attrition from the perspectives of men and women across career stages.

Methods

The American College of Cardiology administered a 24-question online survey to early career (EC) cardiologists and fellows in training (FITs) in the United States and Canada from August to September 2023 to assess barriers to academic careers. Responses were evaluated by self-reported gender.

Results

Among 608 respondents (16% response rate, 23.2% women), EC women and men shared similar reasons for being interes

SUBMITTER: Tapaskar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12554023 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature