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Abstract：
Women represented 29% of cardiology trainees and 16% of consultants in the UK in 2021. While the numbers of women in cardiology have increased over the last 20 years, these proportions remain among the lowest in comparison with other medical specialties. This essay aims to explore the contributing factors behind, and plans to reduce, gender disparity in cardiology. PubMed was searched using keywords such as \'gender\', \'inequality\', \'women\', \'training\' and \'cardiology\'. Retrieved studies were screened for themes contributing towards, and strategies to overcome, gender inequality within cardiology. Reasons for gender inequality included poor perceptions of cardiology as a female-friendly specialty, experiences of gender-based discrimination, inflexible working hours, poor work- life balance, and lack of female role models. Recommended resolutions should target these themes; increase opportunities for flexible working hours, enforce a discrimination-free workplace culture, and encourage mentoring relationships between female senior and junior doctors. Improving the experience of the existing female workforce in cardiology will have a knock-on effect on the perceptions of trainees rotating through departments, in addition to initiatives promoting cardiology as a female-friendly specialty. In conclusion, promoting gender equality within cardiology remains an ongoing challenge. Nationwide efforts to increase retention and improve perceptions should target issues highlighted by the voices of women.
摘要：
2021年，在英国，女性占心脏病学学员的29％和顾问的16％。虽然在过去的20年里，心脏病学的女性人数有所增加，与其他医学专业相比，这些比例仍然是最低的。本文旨在探讨背后的促成因素，并计划减少，心脏病学中的性别差异。使用关键字搜索PubMed，如\'性别\'，\'不等式\',\'女人\',“培训”和“心脏病学”。检索的研究被筛选为有助于，和克服的策略，心脏病学中的性别不平等。性别不平等的原因包括对心脏病学作为女性友好专业的认识不佳，基于性别的歧视的经验，工作时间不灵活,糟糕的工作-生活平衡，缺乏女性榜样。建议的决议应针对这些主题；增加灵活工作时间的机会，推行无歧视的职场文化,并鼓励女性高级和初级医生之间的指导关系。改善现有的心脏病学女性员工的经验，将对受训人员轮流通过部门的观念产生连锁反应，除了促进心脏病学成为女性友好专业的举措。总之,在心脏病学中促进性别平等仍然是一个持续的挑战.全国范围内增加保留率和改善观念的努力应针对妇女声音所强调的问题。
