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Recommended Reading: Women in Medicine

Women in U.S. Academic Medicine Statistics

An Overview of Women in U.S. Academic Medicine, 2005-06, Analysis in Brief, Oct. 2006 (PDF, 2 pages)
This Analysis in Brief reports percentages of men and women in the pipeline of students and residents; examines gender disparities in areas such as faculty hires and promotions; and provides breakouts of the representation of men and women in leadership positions.

Women in U.S. Academic Medicine Statistics and Medical School Benchmarking, 2005-2006
Published annually since 1983, this report captures a national snapshot of women students, residents, faculty, and medical school administrative leaders. It compares numbers of faculty who have been newly recruited, who have departed, and who have advanced in rank and leadership; it describes progress in advancement of women's representation in a variety of medical school positions; and it describes various types of programs that support women moving into these positions in the 125 U.S. medical schools. Produced with the input and cooperation of WLOs and medical school Faculty Roster representatives.

The Changing Representation of Men and Women in Academic Medicine, Analysis in Brief, July 2005 (PDF, 2 pages)
This AIB presents a description of men and women with full-time faculty appointments to U.S. medical schools in 2004. The report shows a faculty that is predominantly male, but with increasing parity among more junior ranks.

Faculty Development and Leadership

Faculty Vitae is an online journal published three times a year (fall, winter, and spring) that shares faculty development and leadership programs, resources, and initiatives; and spotlights faculty and leaders in academic medicine.

Increasing Women's Leadership in Academic Medicine: Report of the AAMC Project Implementation Committee (Academic Medicine, Oct. 2002)
The AAMC's Increasing Women's Leadership Project Implementation Committee examined four years of data on the advancement of women in academic medicine. With women comprising only 14 percent of tenured faculty and 12 percent of full professors, the committee concludes that the progress achieved is inadequate.

Enhancing the Environment for Women in Academic Medicine
Created to assist department chairs, deans, women liaison officers, and other medical center and university faculty, this resource covers professional development issues and programs, family and flexibility issues, women's health in medical education, leadership challenges facing women, and ways to improve equity and address sexism in medicine. Each chapter includes an extensive bibliography.

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