What Women Need: a Study of Institutional Factors and Women Faculty's Intent to Remain in Academic Medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A longstanding gender gap exists in the retention of women in academic medicine. Several strategies have been suggested to promote the retention of women, but there are limited data on impacts of interventions.

Objective

To identify what institutional factors, if any, impact women faculty's intent to remain in academic medicine, either at their institutions or elsewhere.

Design

A survey was designed to evaluate institutional retention-linked factors, programs and interventions, their impact, and women's intent to remain at their institutions and within academic medicine. Survey data were analyzed using non-parametric statistics and regression analyses.

Participants

Women with faculty appointments within departments of medicine recruited from national

SUBMITTER: Onumah C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298726 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature