• Am J Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2018

    Women Physicians Are Underrepresented in Recognition Awards From the Association of Academic Physiatrists.

    • Julie K Silver, Cheri A Blauwet, Saurabha Bhatnagar, Chloe S Slocum, Adam S Tenforde, Jeffrey C Schneider, Ross D Zafonte, Richard Goldstein, Vanessa Gallegos-Kearin, Julia M Reilly, and Nicole L Mazwi.
    • From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (JKS); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (CAB, AST); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts (SB); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (CSS, RG, VG-K, JMR, NLM); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (JCS); and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; Medical Affairs, Research and Education, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (RDZ).
    • Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Jan 1; 97 (1): 34-40.

    ObjectiveDetermine representation by gender for individual recognition awards presented to physicians by the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP).DesignCross-sectional survey was used. Lists of individual recognition award recipients for the 27-yr history of the AAP awards (1990-2016) were analyzed. The primary outcome measures were the total numbers of men versus women physician award recipients overall and for the past decade (2007-2016).ResultsNo awards were given to women physicians for the past 4 yrs (2013-2016) or in half of the award categories for the past decade (2007-2016). No woman received the outstanding resident/fellow award since its inception (2010-2016). There was a decrease in the proportion of awards given to women in the past decade (2007-2016, 7 of 39 awards, 17.9%) as compared with the first 17 yrs (1990-2006, 10 of 46 awards, 21.7%). Furthermore, compared with their proportional membership within the specialty, women physicians were underrepresented for the entire 27-yr history of the AAP awards (1990-2016, 17 of 85 awards, 20%). According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the proportion of full-time female physical medicine and rehabilitation faculty members was 38% in 1992 and 41% in 2013.ConclusionsWomen physicians have been underrepresented by the AAP in recognition awards. Although the reasons are not clear, these findings should be further investigated.

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