Encouraging Women of Color to Enter Academic Medicine

Women physicians in academic medicine.

A BSTRACT Background I conducted a study to determine whether women who graduate from medical schools are more or less likely than their male counterparts to pursue full-time careers in academic medicine and to advance to the senior ranks of medical school faculties. Methods The rates of advancement to the ranks of assistant, associate, and full professor for all U.S. medical school graduates f...

women’s challenges to enter into male networks in academic environments

networking and entering into official and unofficial networks is the main way for individuals to get promoted in organizations. so entering into academic networks at universities has become a challenge for people who would like to promote their academic position. in iran despite a notable increase in the women’s presence in universities, their entrance into academic networks and promoting their...

Encouraging academic honesty: a nursing imperative.

Academic dishonesty, whether intentional cheating or plagiarism, or unintentional sharing of work or confusion about referencing, is nothing new to the college environment but is especially disturbing within nursing. The integrity of the nursing profession may, in fact, be jeopardized as students with the habit of cheating graduate and enter the field. This article discusses how educators, stud...

Promoting the career development of women in academic medicine.

Academic medicine: vision to reality.

1Dean, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore 2Group CEO, SingHealth Address for Correspondence: Prof Ranga Krishnan, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857. Email: [email protected] Why Develop Academic Medicine in Singapore? There are at least 2 reasons why Academic Medicine that is properly developed can add value. The fi rst is that Aca...