Understanding professional disparities in academic anesthesiology: a single-center gender-based survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women in academic anesthesiology face numerous structural and cultural barriers that impede academic advancement and threaten career longevity. Understanding the impact of these challenges can allow steps to be taken to improve gender equity and retention in academic anesthesiology.

Methods

This study describes a voluntary, anonymous survey distributed to faculty members in the Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care at an urban tertiary care academic Health System with a variety of anesthetizing locations across six hospitals. All clinical faculty members in the Department, regardless of gender identity, were invited to participate (n = 209). The 57-question survey, which was administered over a 3-week time period in 2024, examined the relationship between

SUBMITTER: Donovan AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12797490 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature