The increasing diversity in the US population is reflected in the patients who healthcare
professionals treat. Unfortunately, this diversity is not always represented by the …

While gender-based bias and discrimination (GBD) is known to exist in medical training,
there is limited guidance for training programs on how to understand and combat this issue …

Gender bias and discrimination have profound and far-reaching effects on the health care
workforce, delivery of patient care, and advancement of science and are antithetical to the …

Despite the fact that the percentages of women among physicians and neurologists have
been rising, gender-related disparities in numerous metrics persist, notably in …

IN 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school in the
United States; however, leaders at her alma mater declared this experiment in educating a …

The lack of sex and racial diversity of the physicians within the specialty of orthopaedic
surgery was recognized decades ago, and formal steps to address these issues began in …

Objectives The aims of the study were (1) to establish potential gender differences in
academic physical medicine and rehabilitation faculty across the United States and Canada …

Background: Among US medical school deans, there is a wide gender gap, most prominent
at the highest levels. We aimed to discover how well women physicians were represented …

In medicine, a wide array of evidence demonstrates the presence of gender, racial, ethnic,
and other disparities in representation, compensation, and career development. These …

A woman physician meets with the department chairperson and colleagues to discuss her
project ideas. The group agrees that they have transformative potential. The chairperson …