Gender Issues in Academic Hospital Medicine: a National Survey of Hospitalist Leaders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gender inequities are documented in academic medicine. Within General Internal Medicine (GIM), there are fewer female division directors and first and last authors on publications. With gender parity in US medical school graduates and with Academic Hospital (AH) medicine being a relatively newer discipline, one might postulate that AH would have less gender inequity.

Design

A national survey of AH programs was developed via literature review and expert recommendations. Domains included program and faculty information. Gender of the leader was determined via website or telephone call.

Participants

Leaders of AH programs associated with the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). Programs without a primary teaching hospital or hospitalist program and

SUBMITTER: Herzke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7280439 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature