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Systems of Career Influences: A Conceptual Model for Evaluating the Professional Development of Women in Academic Medicine
Journal of women's health (Larchmont, N.Y. 2002), v 21(12), pp 1244-1251
01 Dec 2012
PMID: 23101486
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Abstract
Background: Surprisingly little research is available to explain the well-documented organizational and societal influences on persistent inequities in advancement of women faculty.
Methods: The Systems of Career Influences Model is a framework for exploring factors influencing women's progression to advanced academic rank, executive positions, and informal leadership roles in academic medicine. The model situates faculty as agents within a complex adaptive system consisting of a trajectory of career advancement with opportunities for formal professional development programming; a dynamic system of influences of organizational policies, practices, and culture; and a dynamic system of individual choices and decisions. These systems of influence may promote or inhibit career advancement. Within this system, women weigh competing influences to make career advancement decisions, and leaders of academic health centers prioritize limited resources to support the school's mission.
Results and Conclusions: The Systems of Career Influences Model proved useful to identify key research questions. We used the model to probe how research in academic career development might be applied to content and methods of formal professional development programs. We generated a series of questions and hypotheses about how professional development programs might influence professional development of health science faculty members. Using the model as a guide, we developed a study using a quantitative and qualitative design. These analyses should provide insight into what works in recruiting and supporting productive men and women faculty in academic medical centers.
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- Title
- Systems of Career Influences: A Conceptual Model for Evaluating the Professional Development of Women in Academic Medicine
- Creators
- Diane Magrane - Drexel UniversityDeborah Helitzer - University of New MexicoPage Morahan - Drexel UniversityShine Chang - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterKatharine Gleason - Drexel UniversityGina Cardinali - University of New MexicoChih-Chieh Wu - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Publication Details
- Journal of women's health (Larchmont, N.Y. 2002), v 21(12), pp 1244-1251
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- 1RO1 HD064655-01 / NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) R01HD064655 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine; [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000311955100007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84870784110
- Other Identifier
- 991019167621604721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Women's Studies