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

Michiko Kinoshita, Yoko Sakai and Katsuya Tanaka

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: 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

Date: 2025
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