Gender differences in academic medicine: Retention, rank, and leadership comparisons from the national faculty survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1694-1699

  Carr, Phyllis L ^a,b   Raj, Anita ^c   Kaplan, Samantha E ^d   Terrin, Norma ^e   Breeze, Janis L ^e   Freund, Karen M ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER MOBILITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXISM; UNITED STATES;

CAREER MOBILITY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEXISM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85053216048     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002146     Document Type: Review

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