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Gender representation among speakers at the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists meetings: A retrospective analysis

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  • Michiko Kinoshita
  • Yoko Sakai
  • Katsuya Tanaka

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Purpose: This study investigates the gender distribution of speakers at the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA) annual and branch meetings of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists. Methods: We examined the gender of speakers in sessions at both JSA annual and branch meetings. We also verified the speakers’ Japanese medical licensure status and years of qualification. Results: We analyzed 383 sessions from JSA annual meetings between 2019 and 2024, which included 827 speaker slots. Of them, 679 (82.1%) were men and 148 (17.9%) were women. Women were significantly underrepresented in sessions with fewer speaker slots (chi-square test, p = 0.006; trend test, p

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  • Michiko Kinoshita & Yoko Sakai & Katsuya Tanaka, 2025. "Gender representation among speakers at the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists meetings: A retrospective analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 20(3), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0320398
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320398
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