The State of Women in Academic Medicine

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.

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Report Graphics Gallery:

Executive Summary

Figure 1: U.S. Medical School Applicants, Matriculants, and Graduates by Gender, Academic Year 2018-2019

Figure 2: U.S. Medical School Applicants and Graduates by Gender, Academic Years 1980-1981 Through 2018-2019

Figure 3: U.S. Medical School Graduates by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, Academic Years 2013-2014 and 2018-2019

Figure 4: Residents by Gender, 2018

Figure 5: Percentage of Women Residents by Specialty, 2018

Figure 6: Scientific Trainees: Biological and Medical Sciences Graduate Students Enrolled in Doctorate Programs by Gender, 1994-2017

Figure 7: Scientific Trainees: Biological and Medical Sciences Postdoctorates at Doctorate-Granting Institutions by Gender, 1994-2017

Figure 8: Scientific Trainees: Biological and Medical Sciences Postdoctorates by Gender and Citizenship/Visa Status at Doctorate-Granting Institutions, 2017

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 17: Average Full-Time Women Faculty Promotions by Rank, Academic Years 2005-2006 Through 2017-2018

Figure 18: Seven-Year and 10-Year Promotion Outcomes for Full-Time, First-Time Assistant and Associate Professors in Academic Year 2008-2009

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 31: Departments With the Largest Percentages of Women Reporting Disrespect Based on Gender, 2019

Figure 32: Institutional Roles to Support Women Faculty, 2018

Figure 33: Institutional Resources to Support Women Faculty, 2018