Gender and Leadership Positions in Spanish Dentistry
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Hernández Ruiz, Rocío; Rosel Gallardo, Eva María; Cifuentes Jiménez, Carolina Cecilia; González López, Santiago; Bolaños Carmona, María VictoriaEditorial
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Dentists Gender equity Leadership Workforce glass ceiling Spain Dentistry
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2022-07-30Referencia bibliográfica
. Hernández-Ruiz RE, Rosel-Gallardo EM, Cifuentes-Jiménez C, González-López S, Bolaños-Carmona MV. Gender and Leadership Positions in Spanish Dentistry. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. January 2022. [doi:10.1177/00469580221109970]
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Research Projects of the Vice-rectorate of Equality, Inclusion and Sustainability of the University of Granada [grant number INV-IGU113-2020]Resumen
Dentists in Spain reached equal gender representation in 2012 and the number of female dentists has continued to grow
(until 57.3% in 2020). This study aims to increase evidence about the gender distribution on the high responsibility positions
and opinion leaders of the dental profession and academia. Composition of the executive comities of the main dental
institutions of Spain (regional professional associations, national dental association, and scientific societies), members of the
Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Granada in 2020 and speakers of the main dental congresses of 2019 (due to the lack
of congress in 2020) were recorded and analyzed by genders using chi-squared test (P < .05). Mean representation of female
dentists in executive committees of professional associations was 35.6%. More than 70% of presidents and vice-presidents
of professional colleges and more than 60% of these positions in scientific societies were occupied by male dentists. None of
dental congresses of 2019 reached equal gender participation, being 81.3% of lecturers presenting on main auditoriums male
dentists. Although dental workforce in Spain is slightly overrepresented by females, leadership positions and figures among
Spanish dentists doesn’t seem to reflect the gender distribution of the collective. There is a lack of women occupying highlevel
positions in dentistry that proves the existence of the so-called “glass ceiling effect” on the profession. Further studies
about sociodemographic aspects of dental workforce are needed to develop evidence-based policies for the collective.