Abstract Background: In the United States, female physicians working in academic medical
practices are less likely to achieve the academic rank of associate professor or professor …

Background In academic medicine, women physicians lag behind their male counterparts in
advancement and promotion to leadership positions. Lack of mentoring, among other …

Background: Mentoring plays an important role in career success of academic medical
faculty. New mentoring models such as peer mentoring have emerged. Aim: To evaluate the …

The authors describe the history, characteristics, and goals of four innovative programs,
each in a medical school, that were established in 1998 to help faculty members of both …

Women and minority faculty and students are seriously underrepresented in university and
academic healthcare institutions. The role of mentoring has been identified as one of the …

Background Women remain underrepresented in academic medicine, particularly in
leadership positions. This lack of women in leadership has been shown to have negative …

Background: Although women comprise an increasing proportion of US medical school
faculty, they are underrepresented at higher ranks. Lack of effective mentoring may …

Methods: The mentoring program aimed to facilitate faculty in their career planning, and
targeted either early-career or midcareer faculty in 5 cohorts over 4 years, from 2010 to …

In recent years, academic health centers have made a considerable effort to encourage
medical students and physicians-in-training to consider academic medicine as a career …

Background: Recently appointed women faculty in academic medicine face many
challenges during their careers and can become overwhelmed managing their multiple …