Purpose A scarcity of women in leadership positions in academic medicine has persisted
despite their increasing numbers in medical training. To understand the barriers confronting …

Background: Concurrent with the evolving role of the department chair in academic
medicine is the entry of women physicians into chair positions. Because implicit biases that …

Over the past 25 years, the number of women graduating from medical schools in the United
States and Canada has increased dramatically to the point where roughly equal numbers of …

Despite increases in the percentages of women medical school graduates and faculty over
the past decade, women physicians and scientists remain underrepresented in academic …

Background: Research on barriers to professional advancement for women in academic
medicine has not adequately considered the role of environmental factors and how the …

Women now constitute 43% of US medical students, 37% of residents, and 27% of full-time
medical school faculty. Less than 11% of women faculty are full professors, however …

Purpose. The percentage of women faculty at the professor level has remained at
approximately 11%. The medical community could benefit from knowing what is required to …

Abstract The AAMC's Increasing Women's Leadership Project Implementation Committee
examined four years of data on the advancement of women in academic medicine. With …

Objective Greater numbers of women in medicine have not resulted in more women
achieving senior positions. Programs supporting the recruitment, promotion, and retention of …

The numbers of women in medical school and in medical training have increased
dramatically and are near 50% overall, but the number of women who advance to senior …