Gender Differences in the Path to Medical School Deanship.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women account for only 28% of current US medical school deans. Studying the differences between women and men in their preparation to becoming deans might help to explain this discrepancy.

Objective

To identify differences in the leadership development experiences between women and men in their ascent to the medical school deanship.

Design, setting, and participants

In this qualitative study, volunteers from the roster of the Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Deans were solicited and interviewed from June 15 to November 9, 2023. Women deans were recruited first, then men who had been appointed to their deanships at a similar time to their women counterparts were recruited. Deans were interviewed on topics related to number of applications

SUBMITTER: Iyer MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227086 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature