Objective: Women are under-represented in academia. Causative factors include
challenges of career–family integration. We evaluated factors reflecting institutional culture …

Of the several roads that lead to practice in the specialty of physical medcine and
rehabilitation (PM&R), the most common is from a US medical school to a PM&R residency …

Background Academic institutions and scholars play a critical role in the development of a
unique and substantive professional science and disciplinary literature. Individual and …

Objectives: There is insufficient data about female orthopedic residents in the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) region. This study was performed to survey what influences …

Background and Purpose. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has moved
to establish structured postprofessional physical therapist education programs, similar to the …

The objectives were to assess US medical students' awareness about physical medicine
and rehabilitation, their career goals that may align with physical medicine and …

Background Women now constitute 49% of medical school matriculants 1. The percentage
of women in orthopaedic surgery training programs has not kept pace with the increase in …

Background: Surprisingly little research is available to explain the well-documented
organizational and societal influences on persistent inequities in advancement of women …

Background The issue of gender disparity is particularly important in the domain of public
health where the tone of its leadership is pivotal in bringing about impactful change to …

To understand better how career choices are made by physiatrists, a 16-item, 7-page
questionnaire was sent to all 1994 graduating physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) …