Minorities struggle to advance in academic medicine: A 12-y review of diversity at the highest levels of America's teaching institutions

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-218

  Yu, Peter T ^a   Parsa, Pouria V ^a   Hassanein, Omar ^a   Rogers, Selwyn O ^b   Chang, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Diversity; Faculty; Promotion; Underrepresented minorities; Women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84877709153     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.06.049     Document Type: Article

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