The State of Women in Academic Medicine 2018-2019: Exploring Pathways to Equity updates the edition of the report published in 2014. Key findings from this year's report show that:
- Women and men have continued to apply, enter, and graduate from medical school in similar proportions since 2003.
- The overall proportion of full-time women faculty has continued to rise since 2009, now at 41%, with similar increases at each faculty rank; yet, women make up a majority of faculty only at the instructor rank.
- Among full-time women faculty, the proportion of women from an underrepresented in medicine race or ethnicity (URiM) group was 12% in 2009 and 13% in 2018; the greatest proportions of URiM women faculty were at the assistant professor rank.
- Among cohorts of both new assistant and associate professors starting in 2008-2009, a larger percentage of men than women advanced after seven years. However, the gap between men’s and women’s advancement narrows when 10-year promotion trends are examined.
- While there has been a steady rise in the number of women department chairs over the past 10 years, women still make up only 18% of all department chairs.
Learn more in this webinar which discusses the report’s key findings regarding the representation of women at key junctures in their roles as learners, faculty and leaders.
For the full list of findings and the full report, visit the AAMC store to download.
Download FREE FROM THE AAMC STORE
Report Graphics Gallery:
Figure 4: Residents by Gender, 2018
Figure 5: Percentage of Women Residents by Specialty, 2018
Figure 9: Percentage of Full-Time U.S. Medical School Faculty by Gender, 2009-2018
Figure 10: Part-Time Faculty by Gender, 2018
Figure 11: Full-Time Women Faculty as a Percentage of Each Rank, 2009-2018
Figure 12: Full-Time Women Faculty by Race/Ethnicity, 2009-2018
Figure 13: Full-Time Women Faculty by Rank and Race/Ethnicity, 2018
Figure 14: Departments With the Largest Proportion of Full-Time Women Faculty, 2018
Figure 15: Departments With the Smallest Proportion of Full-Time Women Faculty, 2018
Figure 16: Average Full-Time Women Faculty New Hires and Departures, Academic Years 2005-2006 Through 2017-2018
Figure 19: Division and Section Chiefs by Gender, 2018
Figure 20: Center and Institute Directors by Gender, 2018
Figure 21: Percentage of Department Chairs by Gender, 2009-2018
Figure 22: Department Chairs by Gender and Department, 2018
Figure 23: Women Department Chairs by Race/Ethnicity and Department Type, 2018
Figure 24: Administrative Faculty Leaders by Gender, 2018
Figure 25: Administrative Staff Leaders by Gender, 2018
Figure 26: Administrative Faculty Leaders by Gender, Rank, and Office, 2018
Figure 27: Administrative Staff Leaders by Gender, Rank, and Office, 2018
Figure 28: Percentage of Medical School Deans by Gender, 2009-2018
Figure 29: Perceptions of Workplace Equity, 2019
Figure 30: Feeling Respected in the Workplace, 2019
Figure 32: Institutional Roles to Support Women Faculty, 2018
Figure 33: Institutional Resources to Support Women Faculty, 2018