Aim:

to ascertain the degree of feminization of authorship of research studies and projects presented at Spanish scientific meetings of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC in Spanish).

Methods:

a transversal, descriptive study was performed by means of analysis of databases from notifications of studies presented at semFYC Spanish Conferences between 2007 and 2021, in addition to projects presented for research grants for doctoral theses. Variables on sex, autonomous community, university, year of holding the Conference and subject areas studied, were collated.

Results:

a total of 6057 research notifications were analyzed; 66.7% (95% CI: 65.5-67.8%) were presented by a woman as lead author. The autonomous communities comprising the highest percentage were Catalonia (42%), Andalusia (19%), Madrid (8%), Valencian Community (5%) and Murcia (5%). Aragon was the community that presented the highest male to female ratio (72%), followed by Catalonia (69%) and Andalusia (69%). A total of 273 doctoral theses were analyzed; there was a female principal investigator in 72% (95% CI: 66.7-77.7%) originating from Catalonia (23.9%) and Andalusia (18.9%). The universities most represented are Barcelona Autonomous University (12.5%), Zaragoza (6.4%) and Valladolid (5.5%). The latter two had the highest ratio of feminization (100%, 48% respectively).

Conclusions:

the study presented at semFYC events includes women. This is a reflection of the feminization of family medicine and is upheld over time. Spanish Autonomous Communities with specific research structures for primary care are also those that most contribute to this feminization.

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