Background: A gender gap in leadership exists in academic medicine. Medical school
faculty rosters indicate an overrepresentation of women in entry-level positions. As positions …

Purpose The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and Drexel University
College of Medicine have designed and implemented national career development …

Background: Within free-standing academic medical centers, women continue to be
underrepresented at upper faculty ranks and in leadership positions. A career development …

Background: Academic medicine has initiated changes in policy, practice, and programs
over the past several decades to address persistent gender disparity and other issues …

Objective Our institutional Women in Medicine & Science Program (formerly the Office of
Women in Medicine and Science) developed the Early Career Development Program for …

Importance Women in academic medicine continue to face systemic obstacles on their paths
to leadership. In addition to improving recruitment and advancement opportunities …

Purpose To assess attitudes of female faculty about career progress, resources for career
development, and values related to academic success and recognition. Method In 1997, the …

Women continue to face unique barriers in the biomedical workforce that affect their
advancement and retention in this field. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) formed the …

Over the past 25 years, the number of women graduating from medical schools in the United
States and Canada has increased dramatically to the point where roughly equal numbers of …

Purpose. The percentage of women faculty at the professor level has remained at
approximately 11%. The medical community could benefit from knowing what is required to …