Where is the leak in the pipeline? Investigating gender differences in academic promotion at an academic medical centre

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 125-128

  Paulus, Jessica K ^a   Switkowski, Karen M ^b   Allison, Geneve M ^a   Connors, Molly ^c   Buchsbaum, Rachel J ^a   Freund, Karen M ^a   Blazey Martin, Deborah ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic promotion; Faculty development; Gender; Mentorship

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018333490     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-016-0263-7     Document Type: Article

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