Despite the fact that women now comprise half of the medical student and resident
populations, women remain underrepresented in prominent leadership positions in …

The number of women in medicine has increased dramatically in the last few decades, and
women now represent half of all incoming medical students. Yet residency training still …

Recently, Modern Healthcare published a list of the 50 most influential physician leaders of
the past year. 1 It included just 7 women (14%), a vivid demonstration of the disparities 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 …

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 …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Energized and productive faculty are critical to academic
medicine, yet studies indicate a lack of advancement and senior roles for women …

In 1960, only about 5 percent of medical students in the United States were women; today,
the numbers of women and men in medical school are approximately equal. This apparent …

Background A longstanding gender gap exists in the retention of women in academic
medicine. Several strategies have been suggested to promote the retention of women, but …

Women in medicine have made progress since Elizabeth Blackwell: the first women to
receive her medical degree in the United States in 1849. Yet although women currently …

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 …