Women in 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...

Bouncing Up: Resilience and Women in Academic Medicine.

Lone woman in a sea of suits It is a miracle I am here. I mean that both figuratively and literally. On a cool March day in Chicago in 1980, I waited anxiously with my Rush University classmates to learn where we matched for residency. Would I match to UCLA? UC San Diego? UCSF? One after one, the names were ticked offdexcept mine. The speakers made it through the pomp and circumstance of their ...

Promoting the career development of women in academic medicine.

Saudi women in academic medicine. Are they succeeding?

OBJECTIVE The main purpose of this study is to assess the achievements and barriers to advancement for Saudi women in a medical academic setup. METHODS We studied the career progression of female medical graduates, who were appointed an academic position in King Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) between 1982 and 2003 and compared it to the male counterpart. The informat...

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...