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Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review
Considering that radiology is still a male-dominated specialty in which men make up more than two thirds of the workforce, this systematic review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the current role of women in radiological imaging, focusing on the main aspects such as career progression, l...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33562881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041542 |
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author | Fichera, Giulia Busch, Isolde Martina Rimondini, Michela Motta, Raffaella Giraudo, Chiara |
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description | Considering that radiology is still a male-dominated specialty in which men make up more than two thirds of the workforce, this systematic review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the current role of women in radiological imaging, focusing on the main aspects such as career progression, leadership, academic practice, and perceived discrimination. Three electronic databases were searched up to 21 October 2020. To identify additional records, weekly automatic email alerts were set up on PubMed until December 2020 and reference lists of key studies and included papers were screened. Two reviewers independently performed the search, study selection, quality appraisal, data extraction, and formal narrative synthesis. In case of disagreement, a third reviewer was involved. Across the 61 included articles, women worked more often part-time and held fewer positions of power in hospitals, on editorial boards, and at the academic level (associate and full professors). Women were less often in relevant positions in scientific articles, had fewer publications, and had a lower H-index. Discrimination and sexual harassment were experienced by up to 40% and 47% of female radiologists, respectively. Our study highlights that women in radiology are still underrepresented and play a marginal role in the field, struggling to reach top and leading positions. |
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spelling | pubmed-79152712021-03-01 Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review Fichera, Giulia Busch, Isolde Martina Rimondini, Michela Motta, Raffaella Giraudo, Chiara Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Considering that radiology is still a male-dominated specialty in which men make up more than two thirds of the workforce, this systematic review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the current role of women in radiological imaging, focusing on the main aspects such as career progression, leadership, academic practice, and perceived discrimination. Three electronic databases were searched up to 21 October 2020. To identify additional records, weekly automatic email alerts were set up on PubMed until December 2020 and reference lists of key studies and included papers were screened. Two reviewers independently performed the search, study selection, quality appraisal, data extraction, and formal narrative synthesis. In case of disagreement, a third reviewer was involved. Across the 61 included articles, women worked more often part-time and held fewer positions of power in hospitals, on editorial boards, and at the academic level (associate and full professors). Women were less often in relevant positions in scientific articles, had fewer publications, and had a lower H-index. Discrimination and sexual harassment were experienced by up to 40% and 47% of female radiologists, respectively. Our study highlights that women in radiology are still underrepresented and play a marginal role in the field, struggling to reach top and leading positions. MDPI 2021-02-05 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7915271/ /pubmed/33562881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041542 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fichera, Giulia Busch, Isolde Martina Rimondini, Michela Motta, Raffaella Giraudo, Chiara Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review |
title | Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review |
title_full | Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review |
title_short | Is Empowerment of Female Radiologists Still Needed? Findings of a Systematic Review |
title_sort | is empowerment of female radiologists still needed? findings of a systematic review |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33562881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041542 |
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