International women physicians’ perspectives on choosing an academic medicine career

International women physicians’ perspectives on choosing an academic medicine career

UNLABELLED Concerns about recruiting physicians into academic careers is an international issue. A qualitative study with United States (US) women physicians revealed insights into how, when, and why physicians choose an academic career in medicine. The current study explored international women physicians' perspectives on their career choice of academic medicine and determined if different the...

Women physicians: choosing a career in academic medicine.

PURPOSE Despite recent efforts to understand the complex process of physician career development, the medical education community has a poor understanding of why, how, and when women physicians embark on careers in academic medicine. METHOD In 2010, the authors phone-interviewed women physicians in academic medicine regarding why, how, and when they chose academic medicine careers. Project in...

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...

Physicians' perspectives on social competency education in academic medicine.

PURPOSE This study aims to explore the improvement of medical curriculums by examining the relationship between attributes of the Korean physicians and their needs for specialized departments and professionals for enhancing Korean physicians' social competence. METHODS The uniqueness of this study is in its conduction a survey about the Korean physicians' needs of specialized departments and ...

Promoting the career development of women in academic medicine.