BACKGROUND In academic medicine, women physicians lag behind their male counterparts in advancement and promotion to leadership positions. Lack of mentoring, among other factors, has been reported to contribute to this disparity. Peer mentoring has been reported as a successful alternative to the dyadic mentoring model for women interested in improving their academic productivity. We describe a...

Professor J. D. Campbell, E. Garrett*, L. A. Headrick, M. C. Hosokawa*, M. LeFevre*, D. R. Mehr*, D. Parker-Oliver*, E. Ringdahl*, W. Steinmann, J. Stevermer, D. C. Vinson*, H. A. Williamson*, S. C. Zweig* Associate Professor J. Belden, D. Cravens*, K. Everett*, A. B. Fitzsimmons, K. Y. Kane*, J. Kapp*, S. Kinkade*, K. Kochendorfer*, R. Koopman*, E. J. Lindbloom*, C. Reust*, D. Wen*, A. Whaley-...

At this meeting at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), established academics and members of grant awarding bodies advised an audience, predominantly comprising trainees pursuing or contemplating a career in clinical science, on why, when and how to tackle such a career path in the current climate. There has arguably never been a more exciting time to be involved in clinical science. In this ...