Women in Academic Medicine — Progress and Challenges

In 1960, only about 5 percent of medical students in the United States were women; today, the numbers of women and men in medical school are approximately equal. This apparent success story, however, is tempered by observations that women who enter academic medicine have been less likely than men to...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 355; no. 3; pp. 310 - 312
Main Authors Hamel, Mary Beth, Ingelfinger, Julie R, Phimister, Elizabeth, Solomon, Caren G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 20.07.2006
Subjects
Authorship
Bibliometrics
Career Mobility
Faculty, Medical
Female
Humans
Male
Periodicals as Topic - statistics & numerical data
Physicians, Women - statistics & numerical data
Sex Distribution
United States
United States
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Summary:In 1960, only about 5 percent of medical students in the United States were women; today, the numbers of women and men in medical school are approximately equal. This apparent success story, however, is tempered by observations that women who enter academic medicine have been less likely than men to be promoted or to serve in leadership positions. 1 As of 2005, only 15 percent of full professors and 11 percent of department chairs were women. 2 In this issue of the Journal, Jagsi et al. 3 document similar trends for women as authors of articles in prominent medical journals. They report that . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMe068143