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Promotion of Women Physicians in Academic Medicine
- Source :
- Journal of Women's Health. 30:864-871
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2021.
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Abstract
- Women currently represent nearly half of all medical school graduates and assistant professors at academic institutions. Despite the large pool of women in the academic medicine pipeline, relatively few ascend to top leadership positions and women remain grossly underrepresented among full professors, permanent department chairs, and highest-level deans/interim deans. Considerable evidence suggests that the gender imbalance observed at the top tiers of academic medicine is, in part, due to gender differences in promotional rates, with women being promoted more slowly than their male colleagues. The well-documented gender gaps in publications, grant support, recognition awards, speaker invitations, and leadership positions contribute to the slow progression of women in medicine, as promotions committees rely heavily upon these traditional measures of academic success to select candidates for career advancement. Additionally, implicit biases, which have been shown to favor men over women in science and leadership, influence decision-making processes relevant to the promotion of women in academia. With the large number of highly qualified women entering medicine, it is imperative that organizations, academic institutions, and leaders in the medical community address the systemic inequities that are preventing half the workforce from reaching its full potential.
- Subjects :
- Male
Faculty, Medical
media_common.quotation_subject
education
Women Physicians
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Physicians, Women
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Promotion (rank)
Slow progression
Interim
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Academic medicine
Schools, Medical
health care economics and organizations
media_common
Medical education
Equity (economics)
business.industry
General Medicine
humanities
Career Mobility
Leadership
Workforce
Female
Women in science
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1931843X and 15409996
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Women's Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b7a6a6d406e2986593b334724e51ad8e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2019.7992