Sponsorship and Career Advancement for Asian Medical Faculty.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Asian faculty members remain underrepresented in leadership positions within academic medicine, despite comprising a substantial proportion of the workforce. The structural and cultural factors associated with the slower advancement remain underexplored in empirical literature and institutional policy.

Objectives

To examine the barriers to career advancement among Asian faculty members, assess perceptions and understanding of sponsorship, and identify institutional strategies to promote broader access to sponsorship opportunities and leadership development.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative study employed 5 focus groups conducted between January 18 and July 17, 2024, supplemented by real-time polling before and after an educational interven

SUBMITTER: Sebastian D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12789948 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature