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ArticleCVIR endovascular2024

The status of academic interventional radiologists in Germany with focus on gender disparity: how can we do better?

Sophia Freya Ulrike Blum, Cornelia Lieselotte Angelika Dewald, Lena Becker, Emona Staudacher, Mareike Franke, Marcus Katoh, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann, Stefan Rohde, Philip Marius Paprottka, Frank Wacker and 5 more

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Article in CVIR endovascular, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [Exploring gender roles in German interventional radiology - how progressive are we?]RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Sophia Freya Ulrike BlumInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstraße 47, D-01307, Dresden, Germany. sophia.blum@ukdd.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7096-5199
Cornelia Lieselotte Angelika DewaldInstitute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl- Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Lena BeckerInstitute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl- Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Emona StaudacherDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Mareike FrankeRadiology and Nuclear Medicine, Canton Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Marcus KatohDepartment for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, HELIOS Hospital Krefeld, Lutherplatz 40, 47805, Krefeld, Germany.
Ralf-Thorsten HoffmannInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstraße 47, D-01307, Dresden, Germany.
Stefan RohdeDepartment of Radiology and Neuroradiology, Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, Beurhausstraße 40, 44137, Dortmund, Germany.
Philip Marius PaprottkaDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Ismaninger Straße 22, 81675, München, Germany.
Frank WackerInstitute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl- Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Kerstin WestphalenDepartment of Radiology, DRK Hospital Berlin, Salvador-Allende-Straße 2-8, 12559, Berlin, Germany.
Philipp BrunersDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Bernhard GebauerDepartment of Radiology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Südstraße 3, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Marco DasDepartment of Radiology, Helios Hospital Duisburg, Dieselstraße 185, 47166, Duisburg, Germany.
Wibke UllerDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim was to characterize the framework conditions in academic interventional radiology (IR) in Germany with focus on differences between genders. MATERIALS AND

methodsAfter IRB approval, all members of The German Society for Interventional Radiology and Minimally Invasive Therapy (n = 1,632) were invited to an online survey on work and research. Statistical comparisons were undertaken with the Fisher's exact test, Wilcoxon rank sum test or Pearson's Chi-squared test.

resultsFrom 267 available questionnaires (general response rate 16.4%), 200 were fully completed. 40% of these (78/200) were involved in research (71% men vs. 29% women, p < 0.01) and eligible for further analysis. Of these, 6% worked part-time (2% vs. 17%, p < 0.05). 90% of the respondents spent less than 25% of their research during their paid working hours, and 41% performed more than 75% of their research during. leisure time. 28% received exemption for research. 88% were (rather) satisfied with their career. One in two participants successfully applied for funding, with higher success rates among male applicants (90% vs. 75%) and respondents with protected research time (93% vs. 80%). Compared to men, women rated their entrance in research as harder (p < 0.05), their research career as more important (p < 0.05), felt less noticed at congresses (93% vs. 53%, p < 0.01), less confident (98% vs. 71%, p < 0.01), and not well connected (77% vs. 36%, p < 0.01). 

conclusionWomen and men did research under the same circumstances; however, women were underrepresented. Future programs should generally focus on protected research time and gather female mentors to advance academic IR in Germany.

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Academic IRGender disparityInterventional radiologyIR research

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PMID38753113
PMCPMC11098981

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