Plenty of moustaches but not enough women: cross sectional study of medical leaders.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To draw attention to sex related disparities in academic medical leadership by investigating the representation of female leaders compared with leaders with moustaches.

Design

Cross sectional analysis.

Setting

Academic medical departments in the United States.

Participants

Clinical department leaders (n=1018) at the top 50 US medical schools funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Main outcome measures

The proportions of female leaders and moustachioed leaders across institutions and specialties (n=20). Additionally, the moustache index: the proportion of women compared with the proportion of moustaches, analyzed with multinomial logistic regression models.

Results

Women accounted for 13% (137/1018) of department leaders at t

SUBMITTER: Wehner MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4681767 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature