Representation of Women Among Cardiology Grand Rounds Speakers in the United States
Authors' conclusion
Women compose about 1 in 5 cardiology GR speakers with modest growth in representation over time but remain underrepresented as GR speakers for procedural cardiology and basic/translational science topics.
Study context
- Population
- Cardiology grand rounds lectures at US internal medicine residency programs, September 1997–December 2022Grand rounds (GR) lectures at 42 institutions
- Participants
- 3,806 participants
- Exposure
- Women vs men cardiology GR speakers
- Womenn = 799
- Menn = 3,007reference
- Outcome
- GR topic focus, speaker gender and academic rank
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Proportion of GR lectures by speaker gender
- Proportion of women GR speakers increased per year
- 1%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Lectures on women's CV health
P < 0.001
Original publication
Representation of Women Among Cardiology Grand Rounds Speakers in the United States. JAMA Cardiol. Published 1 March 2025. doi:10.
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