Objective: Gender parity lags in academic medicine. We applied the Rank Equity Index (REI)
to compare the longitudinal progress of women's academic medicine careers. We …

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 …

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 …

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 …

T he distribution of women physicians among specialties remains uneven (Table 1). For
example, 60% of the residents in pediatrics versus 17% in surgery are women. Growth in the …

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 …

Objective.—To assess possible explanations for the finding that the percentage of women
medical school faculty members holding associate or full professor rank remains well below …

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 …

Purpose To investigate progress toward gender equality in academic medicine through a
longitudinal analysis of gender parity among faculty at medical schools. Method The authors …

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 …