This integrative literature review synthesizes the primary research evidence on mentoring
female health academics published from 2000 to 2018, to identify the benefits, enablers and …

Purpose Research has shown that barriers to career success in academic medicine
disproportionately affect women. These barriers include inadequate mentoring, which may …

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 …

This paper aims at reviewing literature on mentoring in academia, with a focus on mentoring
to enhance women's careers. A significant gender imbalance in science persists, and …

Purpose: This study explored the views of junior faculty toward informing mentorship
program development. Method: Mixed sampling methodologies including questionnaires …

Purpose Career development award programs often require formal establishment of
mentoring relationships. The authors sought to gain a nuanced understanding of mentoring …

Purpose The career decisions, practice patterns, and approach to patient care of current
female students, who make up close to 50% of medical school classes, will have a profound …

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 …

Purpose To develop a deeper understanding of mentoring by exploring lived experiences of
academic medicine faculty members. Mentoring relationships are key to developing …