Addressing gender imbalance in intensive care

Critical Care

Francesca Rubulotta¹  Chryssa Pourzitaki²  Jean-Louis Vincent³  V. Marco Ranieri⁴  Karen E. A. Burns⁵  Nicole P. Juffermans⁶ 

[1] Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK;Chair of the International Women in Intensive & Critical Care Medicine Network, Catania, Italy;Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece;Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium;Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, Bologna, Italy;Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;Unity Health Toronto-St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada;Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada;Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Location Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Intensive Care, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;

关键词: Diversity;    Equity;    Inclusion;    Stereotypes;    Motherhood;    Bias;    Mentorship;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13054-021-03569-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

There is a large gender gap in critical care medicine with women underrepresented, particularly in positions of leadership. Yet gender diversity better reflects the current critical care community and has multiple beneficial effects at individual and societal levels. In this Viewpoint, we discuss some of the reasons for the persistent gender imbalance in critical care medicine, and suggest some possible strategies to help achieve greater equity and inclusion. An explicit and consistent focus on eliminating gender inequity is needed until gender diversity and inclusion become the norms in critical care medicine.

【 授权许可】

CC BY