In this article, the authors compare the career development of female and male physicians
who were graduated from medical school in 1960 and followed through 1976. Working with …

During the 1970s, partly as a response to US public policy which promoted the objective of
equal opportunity for women, there was a dramatic increase in the proportion of women …

During the decade of the seventies the proportion of entering US medical school classes
consisting of women increased from 9 to 25%. National data on 74, 265 physicians from …

This study employed a national sample of college students who initially aspired to be, or
later became, physicians to determine the influence of precollege characteristics, college …

Academic promotion patterns were studied in the faculties of four US medical colleges. The
average number of years for promotion to each professional rank in each college was …

Although an increasing number of women are entering academia, they are poorly
represented in positions of high rank. Several studies have shown women are less likely to …

Used longitudinal data derived from 11,061 male and 16,004 female college freshmen to
explore the pre-college factors that influence men and women to aspire to a medical career …

The admission statistics between 1967 and 1975 were studied and it was found that of the
students applying a higher proportion of women than men have been admitted to King's …

Differences between men and women graduates of one medical school in practice patterns,
professional activities, and problems were investigated. A questionnaire was mailed in 1986 …

BACKGROUND: While increasing proportions of medical students and residents are
women, the proportion of women in the advanced ranks of medicine remains small. This …