Background Women are still under-represented in the senior ranks of academic medicine.
As local surveys represent a critical initial step in addressing the challenges of gender …

Importance Gender disparities in career advancement in academic medicine have persisted
despite gender parity in medical school matriculation. Although numerous explanations for …

Background In 2000, a landmark study showed that women who graduated from US medical
schools from 1979 through 1997 were less likely than their male counterparts to be …

Women currently represent nearly half of all medical school graduates and assistant
professors at academic institutions. Despite the large pool of women in the academic …

Purpose The influx of women into academic medicine has not been accompanied by
equality for male and female faculty. Women earn less than men in comparable positions …

Introduction: Similar proportions of women and men have entered medical school since
2003. However, career advancement and promotion for women continues to be fraught with …

Background I conducted a study to determine whether women who graduate from medical
schools are more or less likely than their male counterparts to pursue full-time careers in …

Introduction: The gender gap in professorship and leadership roles persists in academic
medicine, whereas reasons for these disparities remain unclear. Materials and Methods …

Purpose To assess attitudes of female faculty about career progress, resources for career
development, and values related to academic success and recognition. Method In 1997, the …

Objective: Women are under-represented in academia. Causative factors include
challenges of career–family integration. We evaluated factors reflecting institutional culture …