Proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in Canada: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the proportion of women who presented research or medical grand rounds at five major academic hospitals in Canada.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Five major university-affiliated hospitals in Toronto and Calgary.

Results

Overall, at all sites and types of academic rounds, there were an average of 17% fewer women presenting than men (P<0.001). There were an average of 32% and 21% more men presenting at the city-wide grand rounds in cities A and B, respectively (P<0.001, P=0.002). There were more male speakers at four out of five types of rounds. The proportion of women presenting on average was proportional to the Canadian workforce, but on average, below the proportion of female residents and medical students (median ratio 1.1, 0.7

SUBMITTER: Buell D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781151 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature