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In 2017, Brüggmann and Groneberg from Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) developed an index to characterize and assess female career opportunities in academic science, 1 as these are known to be a key factor in gender inequality of opportunity. This index was named Brüggmann-Groneberg index after the developers in later applications. 2 It reflects the extent to which women are able to advance in their careers. For this purpose, career characteristics of physicians were surveyed from their status as students to their specification status to chair positions after 15 years (number of students, specialists, and university chairs). These figures were related to each other, always as the proportion of female to male physicians (f:m ratio), which means that an index of 1 means equal opportunities for women and men.
Brüggmann and Groneberg discussed different ratios and came to the following final proposal for the index which was published in 2017 [1]:
The lower the index, the worse the career advancement opportunities for women in the respective academic field. In this way, an easy-to-use measure for assessing gender inequalities has been created that allows comparison between work areas, regions, and development over time. This can help determine an academic field's equity positioning and its outlook for the future, and compare it to others. This is useful for all parties involved in the career equity development process. Poor indices underscore the need to strengthen efforts to respond and more adequately plan and implement approaches to equal opportunities for men and women in academic positions.
So far, the index has been applied to obstetrics and gynecology [1]. Other scientists used the BG-index for the fields of otolaryngology and urology[2]. The assessments show that women's career opportunities have improved, although they are still at a low level, especially in the higher positions.
A ResearchGate analysis shows that the scientific article which used the Brüggmann-Groneberg index in the fields of urology and otolaryngology was read nearly 28000 times since its publication in 2019.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brüggmann , Groneberg (2017). "An index to characterize female career promotion in academic medicine". Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. 12: 18. doi:10.1186/s12995-017-0164-7. PMC 5521076. PMID 28736572.
- ^ Jaque, Wanke, Müller, Bauer, Ohlendorf, Mache, Klingelhöfer, Quarcoo (2019). "Index to Assess Female Career Promotion in Academic Urology". Urology Journal. 17 (2019: Instant): 86–90. doi:10.22037/uj.v0i0.4116. PMID 31836999.
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