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The diversity of medical faculty

The Winter 2006 issue of Faculty Vitae presents a variety of perspectives on the growing need to support diversity in medical school faculty.

As this graphic shows, U.S. medical faculty are not representative of the gender, race, or ethnic populations they serve. However, the diversity of faculty is increasing, and the attention to effective recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups of faculty is contributing to the growth of mentoring and career development programs.

In This Issue

Using Business Knowledge to Advance Academic Medicine: Investing in a Diverse Faculty Work Force compiles discussions from the 2005 AAMC Annual meeting to describe how the application of business knowledge strengthens the arguments for supporting the productivity of faculty over time and improving the rates of retention of diverse faculty members can benefit the missions and bottom line of academic medical centers.

Create a Compelling Poster with Microsoft PowerPoint draws upon examples of posters from the joint Women in Medicine and Council of Deans poster reception at the 2005 Annual meeting. The lesson is linked to additional posters and abstracts from that session.

Spotlight on Award Winning Women in Medicine Programs: University of Pennsylvania FOCUS on Health and Leadership and Georgetown University Society for Medical Women Faculty describes the evolution of two very different award-winning Women in Medicine (WIM) programs. Faculty development programs across North America will benefit from the lessons learned in development, recommendations for success and resources for building WIM programs.

Perspectives asks the question of Value of WIM programs to all faculty. A medical school dean and two associate deans for faculty development describe how the WIM programs have had benefits to their institutions.