Project “Women in Medicine in Spain” (Woomides)’, promoted by the Federation of Spanish Scientific and Medical Societies Foundation (My name), continues to make progress in achieving its goal of identifying, highlighting and monitoring I have my own line Within the medical profession. After the first data was published in the media, the full analysis was recently published by the magazine “BMC Human Resources for HealthThe website www.womeds.es was launched.
The Womeds digital platform was created with the aim of providing a Interactive tool Shows status and trend Gender inequality In leadership positions in Spanish medicine. In addition, it is a portal through which you can learn more about the project members, its objectives and the methodology of the different gender indicators.
In order to display the data collected from the various entities collaborating with Womeds in an interactive, visual and accessible way, the website has Charts and tables Which breaks down the data for each indicator in detail. So, within the four areas analyzed (health care, scientific and professional representation, academic work and research), you can delve into data broken down by autonomous community, medical specialty, medical school, or type of professional organization, among others.
The Womeds team consists of A A group of women With dilated Experience in healthcareespecially in the field of scientific medical associations and universities, would like to thank the cooperation provided by the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), Ministries of Health Autonomous communitiesthe Medical colleges And the Medical scientific societies. Their contribution was fundamental in obtaining the information necessary to develop the first indicators of women’s leadership in Spanish medicine.
43 medical colleges have already submitted their data
A contribution that already contains new year data already provided before 43 Faculty of Medicine And by ISCIII. We hope to update the information soon in collaboration with communities and SSCCs that have not yet submitted updated data. Likewise, we invite other entities to explore the platform and join our commitment to progress in identifying potential gender biases and proposing actions that promote true equality of opportunity in accessing Leadership positions In various fields of medicine, which contributes to combating the inequality faced by women in Spain.
BMC Human Resources for Health recently published a study entitled “Gender Inequality in the Medical Profession: The Women Physicians in Spain (Womeds) Study.” A publication stating that “in all areas analysed, the Leadership positions They are still mostly occupied men despite of The feminization of medicine in Spain“.
For this reason, WoMeds believes that “to change this, it will be necessary.” take actionsOrganizational – at national and regional levels – and promoting changes in organizational culture or incentives in specific organizations.
It must be remembered that only during the observed period 27.6% of service heads of hospitals were women, compared to 61.1% of women are in the workforce. Furthermore, only 23% of the presidents of Facme member scientific societies, 26% of department directors in medical schools, and 27% of deans were women. Likewise, women led applications for publicly funded research projects in 45 percent of cases, and the average project funding awarded to women was 24.3 percent less than that of men.
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