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Exploring Gender Diversity in Canadian Surgical Residency Leadership. (English)
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Studies in the United States demonstrate a low proportion of cisgender women in medical leadership. (English)
OBJECTIVE (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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No research exists about the prevalence of transgender people in medical leadership. (English)
OBJECTIVE (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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The objective of this study was to evaluate gender representation within Canadian surgical training leadership. (English)
OBJECTIVE (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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This study represents a survey based exploratory analysis and literature review. (English)
DESIGN (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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Associations between gender and leadership position, surgical subspecialty, years in practice and leadership role, province of work, and age were calculated using Chi squared goodness of fit and independence tests. (English)
DESIGN (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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The study was based out of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and included all Canadian surgical training programs. (English)
SETTING (English)
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Participants were identified using the Canadian Resident Matching Service and program websites. (English)
PARTICIPANTS (English)
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All prospective respondents (359) were emailed an encrypted survey link. (English)
PARTICIPANTS (English)
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The survey response rate was 65/359 responses (18%). (English)
RESULTS (English)
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The overall gender distribution was cis men (n = 36, 56.5%), cis women (n = 26, 40%), nonbinary (n = 1, 1.5%), agender (n = 1, 1.5%) and nonresponse (n = 1, 1.5%). (English)
RESULTS (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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Sixty-three percent of program directors were cis men, 33% were cis women and 4% were agender. (English)
RESULTS (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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Sixty-seven percent of associate program directors were cis women and 33% were cis men. (English)
RESULTS (English)
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Sixty-five percent of division leads were cis men, 29% were cis women, and 6% were nonbinary. (English)
RESULTS (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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There were more cis women in general surgery leadership than expected (df = 1, N = 20, x<sup>2</sup> = 11.05, p ≤ 0.001). (English)
RESULTS (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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No statistically significant associations between gender identity/modality, leadership role, province, or age were found using chi squared tests. (English)
RESULTS (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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Cis men continue to outnumber all others in surgical training leadership. (English)
CONCLUSIONS (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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More cis women than expected work in general surgery training leadership. (English)
CONCLUSIONS (English)
Copyright © 2024 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (English)
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However, these findings must be interpreted with caution considering the low survey response rate and the greater proportion of cis women respondents compared to cis women surgeons. (English)
CONCLUSIONS (English)
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There is a marked absence of binary-identified trans people in surgical training leadership in Canada, however a small number of nonbinary and agender people are present. (English)
CONCLUSIONS (English)
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S1931-7204(24)00420-3
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