Journal article
Gender-Related Differences in the Pathway to and Characteristics of U.S. Medical School Deanships
Academic medicine, v 87(8), pp 1015-1023
01 Aug 2012
PMID: 22722362
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Abstract
Purpose To explore factors that may be involved in the persistent paucity of women leaders in U.S. academic medicine and to provide baseline gender-related data for developing strategies to promote gender equity in academic medicine leadership.
Method Using data sets from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the authors examined the relationship of gender to career progression and to deanship characteristics by conducting descriptive and correlation statistical analyses for 534 full and interim deans (38 women; 496 men) appointed between 1980 and November 2006 (inclusive) to serve U. S. Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)-accredited medical schools.
Results Although the number of women deans increased during the 27-year study period, the representation of women remains low (they constitute only 15% of deans appointed from 2000 to 2006) and has failed to keep pace with the percentages of women medical school faculty and students. On average, women deans-most with deanships at less research-intensive medical schools-obtained their initial doctorates from similarly less research-intensive schools, held more business-related advanced degrees beyond the original doctorate, took longer to be promoted to full professor, and had shorter tenures than did their men counterparts.
Conclusions Women leaders of U.S. LCME-accredited medical schools have taken longer to advance through the academic ranks, serve at less research-intensive institutions, and had shorter tenures than did men deans. These results underscore the challenges women leaders face in traditionally male-dominated organizations, and they provide baseline data to inform medical schools building inclusive senior leadership teams.
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- Title
- Gender-Related Differences in the Pathway to and Characteristics of U.S. Medical School Deanships
- Creators
- F. Scott White - SRA InternationalSharon McDade - Amer Council Educ, Fellows Program, Washington, DC USAHisashi Yamagata - Circuit Court Montgomery Cty, Rockville, MD USAPage S. Morahan - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Academic medicine, v 87(8), pp 1015-1023
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000306843000012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84864368960
- Other Identifier
- 991019167738604721
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- Education, Scientific Disciplines
- Health Care Sciences & Services