Duca, M;
Spagnoli, C;
Masnada, S;
Lo Barco, T;
Nucera, B;
Balestrini, S;
De Palma, L;
... Nucera, B; + view all
(2023)
Impact of gender inequality on the educational and career development of young epileptologists in Italy: A survey of the Young Epilepsy Section – Italian chapter.
Epilepsy & Behavior
, 145
, Article 109328. 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109328.
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Abstract
Objective: The Young Epilepsy Section-Italian chapter (YES-I) is the Italian section of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)-YES. It was founded in 2019 with the aim of increasing the involvement of young epileptologists within scientific associations and facilitating their educational training. The Education and Career Task Force designed a survey on the impact of gender inequality on the educational and professional growth of young epileptologists. Methods: The survey was proposed via QR code during the 43rd National Congress of the Italian League Against Epilepsy (Padua, 8–10 June 2022), and subsequently distributed via email until 7th September 2022. Results: Of the respondents, 73.6% were female. Of note, 51% of the entire sample answered that they found “no impact” of gender on educational activities (64.3% male against 46.1% female). Only 10% of women stated they have seen very much gender-related inequality in their education or career. However, the majority of our cohort (66%) thought that gender had a negative impact on progression within a scientific society, as well as in female leadership roles in clinical practice (67.9%). Furthermore female medical staff received little work recognition (56.6%). Lastly, 83% of responders did not have children, and only 37.7% declared their colleagues to be empathic in relation to absences for family emergencies. Conclusions: Lack of awareness of the gender inequality issue might explain inconsistencies in the findings of our survey. Despite the remarkable progress of women rights over the last century, our survey suggests that disparities in academic and decision-making roles exist also in the epileptology field.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Impact of gender inequality on the educational and career development of young epileptologists in Italy: A survey of the Young Epilepsy Section – Italian chapter |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109328 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109328 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Academic inequality, Epilepsy research, Gender, Gender career inequality, International League Against Epilepsy, Young Epilepsy Section, Child, Humans, Male, Female, Gender Equity, Epilepsy, Surveys and Questionnaires, Italy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177971 |
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