Gender bias and discrimination have profound and far-reaching effects on the health care
workforce, delivery of patient care, and advancement of science and are antithetical to the …

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 To determine the extent of gender inequity in a large academic pediatrics
department and to demonstrate an assessment methodology other departments can use …

The ideal of equality constitutes a criterion for assessing current practice through attention to
differences among individuals and groups. Inequality occurs when irrelevant differences are …

Across academic medicine, and particularly among faculty and medical school leadership,
the status quo is unacceptable when it comes to gender diversity, equity, and inclusion. The …

Pediatric primary and specialty practice has changed, with more to do, more regulation, and
more family needs than in the past. Similarly, the needs of patients have changed, with more …

Women represent approximately half of students entering medical schools and more than
half of those entering PhD programs. When advancing through the academic and …

• Gender inequity persists in medicine and medical academia in Canada, particularly in
leadership.• Greater gender equity has been shown to be better for health policy-making …

Discussion| In this analysis, the more women there were in a given specialty, the less money
all physicians in that specialty tended to earn. These findings may partially be rooted in the …

Gender inequities date back thousands of years, with women expected to be caregivers at
home and men expected to be leaders with occupations outside the home. In more recent …