Table 1.

Female representation in selected medical leadership roles

Organisation/ organisation type	Position type	Female representation (for 2015 unless otherwise stated)
Hospitals	Chief Executive Officer	12.5% (for hospitals with >1000 employees) 38% (for hospitals of all sizes) (Drawn from a sample survey by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency)34
Australian Medical Association	President (national or state/territory branch)	22%
Medical schools	Dean	28%
Medical colleges	Member of governing board or committee	29% average across all colleges
National Health and Medical Research Council	Lead investigator on funded projects	32% (2014)31
Health departments	Chief Medical Officer or Chief Health Officer (state/territory and federal)	33%
Medical students’ societies	President	38%
Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators	Trainees in medical administration	39% (2014)6