The organization released its 2020-2021 Data Resource Book Oct. 11, the most comprehensive resource on data for graduate medical education in the U.S.
Researchers gathered data on the time period between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. There are 12,420 accredited programs in the U.S., with 149,200 active fellows and residents in the programs.
Here is how 11 specialities stacked up in terms of female representation in 2021:
1. Obstetrics and gynecology – 84.6 percent
2. Pediatrics – 71.1 percent
3. Child neurology – 68.7 percent
4. Medical genetics and genomics – 55.9 percent
5. Psychiatry – 49.1 percent
6. Nuclear medicine – 33.3 percent
7. Radiation oncology – 30.5 percent
8. Urology – 28.5 percent
9. Interventional radiology (integrated) – 22.0 percent
10. Neurological surgery – 20.4 percent
11. Orthopaedic surgery – 16.7 percent
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