Abstract Background and Objectives: Coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring are tools
academic leaders can utilize to develop junior faculty. Each tool has a unique goal, time …

Background: Recently appointed women faculty in academic medicine face many
challenges during their careers and can become overwhelmed managing their multiple …

Background In the current climate of increasing demands on a disproportionately small
number of senior female faculty, we implemented a brief curriculum vitae (CV) review …

Background Women remain underrepresented in academic medicine, particularly in
leadership positions. This lack of women in leadership has been shown to have negative …

Midcareer women faculty face unique career challenges that may benefit from mentorship
and sponsorship, yet such programs focused on the needs of this career phase are scarce in …

Mentoring can be a key component contributing to the success of faculty. We investigated
the attitudes of family medicine department Chairs toward mentoring, with emphasis on …

Background: Although women comprise an increasing proportion of US medical school
faculty, they are underrepresented at higher ranks. Lack of effective mentoring may …

Purpose Research has shown that barriers to career success in academic medicine
disproportionately affect women. These barriers include inadequate mentoring, which may …

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

Method The authors conducted semistructured interviews with Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine faculty in 2016: department chairs (sponsors) and faculty participants of …