Gender-Related Differences in the Pathway to and Characteristics of U.S. Medical School Deanships

Abstract

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.

How gender or culture affects first year Dutch and Swedish students' preferences for specialties and work-life issues

“…[1][2][3][4] Internationally, women outnumber men as medical students. 2,[5][6][7] Therefore, imbalances or even shortages within specialties in the future physician work force may occur in the future.…”

Women in medical school leadership positions: Implications for research

“…Women are stereotypically associated with specific kinds of scholarly pursuits. [3][4][5] We therefore wondered whether women-led academic research enterprises had different portfolio profiles in general and in neuroscience than men-led academic research enterprises. Indeed, women-led research enterprises exhibited overrepresentation of research funding for education/mentoring, community-based research, and research facilities projects relative to men-led research enterprises.…”

“…1,2 In addition, the topical focus of these positions is heavily weighted toward education and public image making and away from clinical service, research, finance, and institutional policy. 3 The present studies test the related hypothesis that the overall and neuroscience research grant portfolios of medical schools with women in research leadership are weighted toward grants for institutional education and mentorship programs and community-based public service research, areas that are stereotypically ascribed to women, [3][4][5] and away from basic and clinical research.…”

The Status of Women in US Academic Pharmacy

“…[11][12][13] Using data sets from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), White and colleagues examined gender and career progression relationships in dean appointments made between 1980 and 2006. 9 They determined that female dean appointments severely lagged when compared to percentages of female medical students and faculty members. They also found that, compared to their male counterparts, female deans were more apt to serve at less research-intensive institutions, weren't promoted to professor as often, and served as deans for a shorter time.…”

“…The status of women in academia has been studied extensively in the last 10 years across a number of disciplines. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Of particular note was the examination of salary differences and percentage of women in higher academic ranks and leadership positions. The purpose of this paper was to describe the current status of women in pharmacy education with particular focus on a 10-year update of the 2004 study.…”