The number of women enrolled in medical schools has risen from less than 25% in the
1970s to over 47% today. 1, 2 In spite of this, we continue to see striking under …

IN 2009, THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN Medical Colleges reported that 48 percent of
the individuals accepted into medical school were women.(1) Although barriers to medical …

In medicine, as in many sectors, women are underrepresented as leaders. At The Ottawa
Hospital, we found that many women exclude themselves from leadership because they …

When Dr. Lesley Barron was in medical school, she was told it would only be a matter of
time before women occupied top leadership positions in medicine. There was reason for …

Women are continuing to move up through the management pipeline in hospitals across the
country; but is top management prepared? Although many women are aiming for the highest …

Even though health care organizations clearly need to make full use of all their potential
leaders, including women, females continue to be underrepresented in most levels of …

For the first time in history, women constitute more than half–50.7% to be exact–of the United
States medical student population. 1, 2, 3 Despite strides made towards gender equality in …

T he findings of the analysis of leadership in Hospital Medicine published in this edition of
JGIM1 expose the fallacies of commonly held beliefs about leadership attainment by women …

The reasons for the persistent lag of women as leaders are complex. Attrition is an issue for
women for many reasons, including traditional gender roles that may affect how women are …

Setting and Problem While women make up more than half of entering medical school
classes, the majority of leadership positions in academic medicine are held by men …