Abstract Background and Objectives: Leadership positions in academic medicine lack racial
and gender diversity. In 2016, the Council of Academic Family Medicine (CAFM) established …

Background Women remain underrepresented in top leadership positions in academic
medicine. In business settings, a person with power and influence actively supporting the …

Letters of recommendation play a significant role in higher education and career
progression, particularly for women and underrepresented groups in medicine and science …

Objectives To examine and synthesise current evidence on the factors that affect
recruitment, retention, participation and progression within the clinical academic pathway …

Gender equity in medicine and surgery has recently received widespread attention. Unlike
surgical specialties that remain predominantly male, the majority of obstetrician …

Depression is a serious mental health problem with a high prevalence among medical
students. It is unclear whether a gender disparity of depression exists in this population, and …

Background Although women account for a growing proportion of the oncology workforce,
there is evidence they are under-represented in leadership roles. To gain further insights …

Background: Gender-related differences have been found among invited speakers in select
professional and medical societies. We examined whether similar disparities existed among …

Background: Currently, physicians face an unprecedented crisis with the novel coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The impact of the pandemic on dual-physician …

Women take qualifying exams and enter medical school at substantially lower levels than
predicted by their interest in medical degrees at the end of high school. We examined how …