Association of Women Leaders with Women Program Director and Trainee Representation Across US Academic Internal Medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women are underrepresented within internal medicine (IM). Whether women leaders attract women trainees is not well explored.

Objective

To characterize leader and trainee gender across US academic IM and to investigate the association of leader gender with trainee gender.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Participants

Leaders (chairs, chiefs, program directors (PDs)) in 2018 and trainees (residents, fellows) in 2012-2016 at medical school-affiliated IM and seven IM fellowship programs.

Exposure

Leadership (chair/chief and program director; and, for resident analyses, fellow) gender.

Main measures

Our primary outcome was percent women trainees (IM residents and, separately, subspecialty fellows). We used standard statistics to describe leader

SUBMITTER: Medepalli K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126637 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature