… We describe the growing evidence of subtle disparities, or micro-… Academic Medicine 46
have reported that positive benefits such as skills building, increased representation, promotions…

… However, this increase could be attributable to … of women entering academic medicine
as assistant professors. Most studies have not evaluated whether women are promoted at the …

… for women in academic medicine. Many programs were tailored to women at specific career
… strategies that would increase the promotion and advancement of women. Not surprisingly, …

… promote gender equity within academic medicine may lose key funding due to the economic
impact … male authors increased by 50% while submissions from female authors remained …

… women out of academic careers or prevent them from rising … promote academic culture
flexibility and increase awareness of family-friendly policies for faculty such as family and medical …

… , and professional development, and improving academic … to reduce inequities for women
in the STEM academic realm. … retaining and promoting current faculty and researchers. The …

… This may be related to lower rates of promotion for women.1 … with national professional
associations. In response to a critical need for increased representation of women and minorities …

… interventions to support women in academic medicine found positive effects from mentoring
… increased retention and promotion of women as well as an improvement in gender bias. …

… include criteria within promotion and tenure documents such … Inappropriate criteria being
applied for career advancement … of published papers can increase undeserved authorship, “…

… “fixing the women,” but rather on promoting systemic change … increasing the representation
of women and minorities in leadership roles. More recently, programs in academic medicine …