BackTable Urology
Ep. 192 Closing the Gender Gap in Urology with Dr. Yahir Santiago-Lastra
Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Inequality persists in pay and career advancement between male and female urologists. In this episode of the BackTable Urology Podcast, Dr. Suzette Sutherland hosts Dr. Yahir Santiago-Lastra from the University of California San Diego. They discuss the gender wage gap in medicine, particularly amongst urologists. --- This podcast is supported by: Photocure https://www.photocure.com/ --- SYNPOSIS Dr. Santiago, a Latina from Puerto Rico and a first-generation physician, highlights the latest data on pay, research funding, and professional advancement for women physicians. They debunk common myths, discuss the importance of transparency, and emphasize the need for inclusive work environments. The conversation also covers the economic phenomena underlying current discrepancies and the benefits of fostering diversity. This episode offers valuable insights for leaders on retaining and nurturing talent within their organizations. --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction 06:28 - Impact of Menopause and Women’s Health 10:33 - Gender Gaps in Urology 31:52 - The Meritocracy Myth 35:56 - The Abrasiveness Trap and Gender Schema 40:04 - Navigating Work Personalities 47:54 - Leadership and Inclusivity in Organizations 51:30 - Tokenism vs. True Inclusion 56:58 - The Benefits of a Diverse Workforce --- RESOURCES Photocure https://www.photocure.com/
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Recently, there have been some conversations and some data about how the wage gap is shrinking. Now, the wage gap has gone up into the 80s, so 80% to the dollar. However, if you stratify wage gap, for lower earnings versus higher salaries. The wage gap for higher salaries is still pretty different, but there has been more pay equity for lower salaries, which I think is a silver lining.
If anyone deserves to get to pay equity faster, it's women who are working at lower income jobs and working just as much as men do definitely deserve that increase in salary. But it looks like in professional situations where the range in salaries is a lot more subjective and industry driven, there are still significant gaps.
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I'm your host today, Dr. Suzette Sutherland, and I'm super excited to have Dr. Jair Santiago-Lastra with us today from the University of California, San Diego. She's here to discuss issues pertaining to the gender gap, the gender gap in medicine, and especially in surgery and urology. Why it exists, what are the common misconceptions or misconceptions
myths concerning why there is a gender gap and what perpetuates it and what can be done, what needs to be done in order to even the playing field in both medicine and surgery for compensation, promotion, and other aspects as well. So thanks, Dr. Santiago-Lestra for being here with us today. Happy to be back, Suzette. Thank you for having me. So a little bit about her.
She is Latina from Puerto Rico. She's a first-generation physician, surgeon, and urologist. She's an associate professor at the University of California, San Diego. She has been designated a rising star in our national organization, the American Urology Association, because she's very involved in a number of task force and committees. most prominently the AUA DEI Task Force.
She's also been involved in the DEI Task Force for our Society of Urodynamics and Female Pelvic Medicine. And she is the Society of Women and Urology Representative on Public Policy. So she's very involved in advocating for women and underrepresented minorities across the board in the area of urology. She's a member of Urology Unbound as well.
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