The number of women at
all levels of academic medicine is increasing, yet they lag behind their male
counterparts in entering the senior ranks of the profession, according to a
study from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) published in the
Feb. 10 New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers studied the
proportions of advancing men and women to rank sof assistant, associate and
full professor for all U.S. medical school graduates from 1979-1993, and for
rall members of U.S. medical school faculty from 1979-1997. 634 more women than
men became fauclty members. A total of 334 fewer women than expected advanced
to associate professor, and 44 fewer women than expected advanced to full
professor.
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Possible explanations as
to why women are less likely to advance include lower productivity, as measured
by numbers of publications or external grants; fewer hours devoted to their
work; and fewer resources provided by the medical school.
Reprinted
from APA Online News |
