View from the Top: Perspectives on Women in Gastroenterology from Society Leaders

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 371-388

  Schmitt, Colleen M ^a   Allen, John I ^b  

^a Galen Medical Group   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity initiatives; Gastroenterology practice; Gender and promotion; Leadership; Women in gastroenterology; Women in medicine

Indexed keywords

CAREER; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; STUDENT; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84977108781     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: 15581942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2016.02.012     Document Type: Review

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