Women have long fought for equity in medicine and to be treated respectfully and
professionally as physicians. One hundred seventy-five years ago, Elizabeth Blackwell was …

Background: The inequitable representation of women and members of racial and ethnic
minority groups in leadership positions within academic medicine is an ongoing challenge …

Objective The lack of quantitative evidence of effectiveness has been cited as a notable
shortcoming of initiation and diffusion of innovations in healthcare. Therefore, this review …

Objectives To evaluate the gender composition of departmental chairs and program
leadership of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education–accredited pathology …

Efforts to achieve gender equity of health professionals should be a priority in all fields of
medicine, including academic dermatology. This review aimed, first, to summarize available …

Decades of nearly equal representation of women in undergraduate medical education
have failed to yield gender parity (the approximately equal representation of women and …

Objective. Over the last decades, academic institutions have increasingly introduced
initiatives aimed at reducing a wide range of discriminations (based on characteristics such …

Women represent 70% of the global health workforce but only occupy 25% of health and
social care leadership positions. Gender-based stereotypes, discrimination, family …

Community leadership development programs (CLDPs) purport to train and equip
individuals for leadership role participation in 5,500 communities across the United States …

Background/Objective: Shared decision making (SDM) is a model of communication
between the doctor and patient that helps to empower the patient. SDM is a recent …