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EXPERIENCING THE CULTURE OF ACADEMIC MEDICINE: GENDER MATTERS, A NATIONAL US STUDY

Journal of General Internal Medicine - August 2012

Linda H. Pololi MD, - Janet T. Civian EdD, - Robert T. Brennan EdD, - Andrea L. Dottolo PhD, - Edward Krupat PhD

BACKGROUND

Energized and productive faculty are critical to academic medicine, yet studies indicate a lack of advancement and senior roles for women.

CONCLUSIONS

Faculty men and women are equally engaged in their work and share similar leadership aspirations. However, medical schools have failed to create and sustain an environment where women feel fully accepted and supported to succeed; how can we ensure that medical schools are fully using the talent pool of a third of its faculty?

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