Background: Gender bias has been identified as one of the drivers of gender disparity in
academic medicine. Bias may be reinforced by gender subordinating language or …

PURPOSE In a professional setting, the introduction of female speakers without their
professional title may have an impact on the public's perception of the female speaker. We …

Background: Gender-related differences have been found among invited speakers in select
professional and medical societies. We examined whether similar disparities existed among …

Importance Gender equity is a prominent issue in the medical profession. Representation of
female physicians at academic meetings has been identified as an important component of …

Reference letters play an important role for both postgraduate residency applications and
medical faculty hiring processes. This study seeks to characterise the ways in which gender …

Methods| We surveyed GR speaker series in clinical specialties, each encompassing more
than 2% of US academic physicians per the Association of American Medical Colleges. 3 …

Background In varied educational settings, narrative evaluations have revealed systematic
and deleterious differences in language describing women and those underrepresented in …

Importance Women in medicine have been underrepresented at medical conferences;
however, contributing factors have not been well studied. Objective To examine the …

Purpose Recent guidelines for the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) have
standardized the “dean's letter.” The authors examined MSPEs for linguistic differences …

Background Participation of women in the medical profession has increased during the past
four decades, but issues of concern persist regarding disparities between the sexes in …