How women in biomedical PhD programs manage gender consciousness as they persist toward academic research careers

Academic Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1119-1127

  Remich, Robin ^a   Jones, Remi ^a   Wood, Christine V ^a,b   Campbell, Patricia B ^c   McGee, Richard ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Campbell Kibler Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXISM;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXISM;

EID: 84973121834     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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