Closing the gender gap in medicine: the impact of a simulation-based confidence and negotiation course for women in graduate medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, 75-80% of the medical workforce worldwide consists of women. Yet, women comprise 21% of full professors and less than 20% of department chairs and medical school deans. Identified causes of gender disparities are multifactorial including work-life responsibilities, gender discrimination, sexual harassment, bias, lack of confidence, gender differences in negotiation and leadership emergence, and lack of mentorship, networking, and/or sponsorship. A promising intervention for the advancement of women faculty is the implementation of Career Development Programs (CDPs). Women physician CDP participants were shown to be promoted in rank at the same rate as men by year five, and more likely to remain in academics after eight years compared to both men and women coun

SUBMITTER: Bona A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10103407 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature