Changing the Culture of Academic Medicine: Critical Mass or Critical Actors?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 540-548

  Helitzer, Deborah L ^a,b   Newbill, Sharon L ^b   Cardinali, Gina ^b   Morahan, Page S ^c,d   Chang, Shine ^e   Magrane, Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medicine; qualitative research; women faculty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL NORM; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXISM; UNITED STATES;

CAREER MOBILITY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEXISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019365930     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2016.6019     Document Type: Article

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