OBJECTIVE This study explored the unique challenges and strategies of women in academic family medicine who are in dual physician families. METHODS An e-mail survey was sent to all female physician members of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) who were listed in the on-line database. The survey collected demographic information, details of job descriptions and family life, and ...

During the past three decades, the participation of women in medicine has increased from 10.6% (1986) to 19.7% (2012) in Japan. However, women continue to be underrepresented in the top tiers of academic medicine. We highlight gender inequality and discuss the difficulties faced by female surgeons in Japanese academic surgery. Using anonymous and aggregate employment data of medical doctors at ...

Since the early 1970s, the numbers of women entering medical school and, subsequently, academic medicine have increased substantially. However, women faculty have not advanced at the expected rate to senior academic ranks or positions of leadership. In 1996, to counter this trend, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office on Women's Health included women's leadership as a r...

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 ...