Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014–2017
Introduction: While females make up more than half of medical school matriculants, they only comprise about one third of emergency medicine (EM) residents. We examined EM residency cohorts with entering years of 2014–2017 to estimate the ratio of males to females among residents and program leadersh...
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| author | Ryan Gibney Christina Cantwell Shannon Toohey Megan Boysen-Osborn Warren Wiechmann Soheil Saadat Angela Allen Alisa Wray |
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| description | Introduction: While females make up more than half of medical school matriculants, they only comprise about one third of emergency medicine (EM) residents. We examined EM residency cohorts with entering years of 2014–2017 to estimate the ratio of males to females among residents and program leadership to determine what correlation existed, if any, between program leadership and residency gender distributions. Methods: We identified 171 accredited EM residency programs in the United States with resident cohorts entering between 2014–2017 with publicly available data that were included in the study. The number of male and female residents and program directors were counted. We then confirmed the counts by contacting the programs directly to confirm accuracy of the data collected from program websites. Results: Within the included 171 programs, the overall male to female EM resident ratio was 1.78:1. Individual program ratios ranged from 0.85–8.0. Only eight programs (5.6%) had a female-predominant ratio. Among program directors, the overall male to female ratio was 2.17:1. TThe gender of the program director did not have a statistically significant correlation with the male to female ratio among its residents (P = .93). Conclusion: Within 171 residency programs across the US with entering cohorts between 2014–2017, the average male to female ratio among residents is nearly 2:1. No significant correlation exists between the gender distribution among a program’s leadership and its residents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5742c53cb6494d3882dff5fefe8179b42022-12-22T03:42:37ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-90182022-10-0123610.5811/westjem.2022.7.54678wjem-23-886Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014–2017Ryan Gibney0Christina Cantwell1Shannon Toohey2Megan Boysen-Osborn3Warren Wiechmann4Soheil Saadat5Angela Allen6Alisa Wray7University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CaliforniaUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CaliforniaUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CaliforniaUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CaliforniaUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CaliforniaUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CaliforniaUniversity of North Carolina, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaUniversity of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orange, CaliforniaIntroduction: While females make up more than half of medical school matriculants, they only comprise about one third of emergency medicine (EM) residents. We examined EM residency cohorts with entering years of 2014–2017 to estimate the ratio of males to females among residents and program leadership to determine what correlation existed, if any, between program leadership and residency gender distributions. Methods: We identified 171 accredited EM residency programs in the United States with resident cohorts entering between 2014–2017 with publicly available data that were included in the study. The number of male and female residents and program directors were counted. We then confirmed the counts by contacting the programs directly to confirm accuracy of the data collected from program websites. Results: Within the included 171 programs, the overall male to female EM resident ratio was 1.78:1. Individual program ratios ranged from 0.85–8.0. Only eight programs (5.6%) had a female-predominant ratio. Among program directors, the overall male to female ratio was 2.17:1. TThe gender of the program director did not have a statistically significant correlation with the male to female ratio among its residents (P = .93). Conclusion: Within 171 residency programs across the US with entering cohorts between 2014–2017, the average male to female ratio among residents is nearly 2:1. No significant correlation exists between the gender distribution among a program’s leadership and its residents.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9n47h4nn |
| spellingShingle | Ryan Gibney Christina Cantwell Shannon Toohey Megan Boysen-Osborn Warren Wiechmann Soheil Saadat Angela Allen Alisa Wray Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014–2017 Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| title | Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014–2017 |
| title_full | Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014–2017 |
| title_fullStr | Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014–2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014–2017 |
| title_short | Gender Evaluation and Numeric Distribution in Emergency Medicine Residencies (GENDER): A Retrospective Analysis of Gender Ratios Among Residents and Residency Directors from 2014–2017 |
| title_sort | gender evaluation and numeric distribution in emergency medicine residencies gender a retrospective analysis of gender ratios among residents and residency directors from 2014 2017 |
| url | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9n47h4nn |
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