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Benchmark Status of Women Interventional Radiologists in China
- Source :
- Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 32:974-982
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Purpose To evaluate the current status of women interventional radiologists in China and discuss possible measures to boost their representation in this male-dominated field for a more diverse workplace environment in the future. Materials and Methods The list of Chinese interventional radiologists obtained from the Chinese College of Interventionalists was retrospectively reviewed. Key information was extracted from the database, including sex, chronologic trends of representation of women interventional radiologists, position, education level, geographic distribution, interventional radiology (IR) practice time, departmental affiliation, and hospital classification. Results Of the 13,855 entries, 7,324 (52.9%) were interventional radiologists having valid information. Among them, 684 (9.3%) were identified as women. The number of women interventional radiologists has continued to increase since the first woman registered in 1992. The average age of women interventional radiologists was 39.1 years ± 5.7 (range, 26–50). The majority of them were attending physicians (n = 280; 40.9%) with a bachelor’s degree (n = 363; 53.1%). Most women interventional radiologists (n = 215, 31.4%) joined this specialty 5–9 years after becoming physicians, whereas 128 (18.7%) started practicing IR from the very beginning. A total of 42.4% of women interventional radiologists were from the departments of IR and cardiology. Conclusions Although the total number shows an upward trend, women interventional radiologists are still underrepresented. Education level, geographic areas, and other socioeconomic factors may simultaneously influence the population size of women interventional radiologists in China.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
China
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
education
MEDLINE
Specialty
Interventional radiology
Middle Aged
Radiology, Interventional
Geographic distribution
Benchmarking
Family medicine
Radiologists
Humans
Medicine
Female
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Socioeconomic status
Retrospective Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10510443
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0f8eda8e8f99a722c38e3d60ee91ee48