Achieving XXcellence in Science Role of Professional Societies in Advancing Women in Science: Proceedings of a Workshop (2004) / Chapter Skim
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Advancing Women in Academic Medicine
Advancing Women in Academic Medicine
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Because the AAMC does not have much data on medical students or faculty research emphases, I examined our graduation questionnaire, which has been administered to all medical school seniors since 1978. Responses to the only question that asks students to predict their level of research involvement show that interest for both men and women has declined by a third in the last decade (Table 2)
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Page Morahan served as an adviser. The task force looked at four years of school-supplied data, interviews with department chairs, and new research from industry and higher education on women's advancement.
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· Few schools, hospitals, and professional societies have a "critical mass" of women leaders. · The pool of women from which to recruit academic leaders remains shallow.
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The most comprehensive analysis conducted to date of initiatives to develop women medical school faculty found that exemplary schools focus on improvements not specific to women: heightening department chairs' focus on faculty development needs, preparing educational materials on promotion and tenure procedures, improving parental leave policies, allowing temporary stops on the tenure probationary clock and a less than full-time interval without permanent penalty, and conducting exit interviews with departing faculty.8 These schools regularly evaluate their initiatives by comparing the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women and men faculty and by conducting faculty satisfaction and salary equity studies. Surveying faculty about their career development experiences and their perceptions of the environment, comparing the responses of men and women, and presenting the results to faculty and administrators are particularly useful strategies.
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We believe the recommendations are just as relevant for individual medical schools as they are for societies. The principles are the same whether adopted by a department chair or a dean or the president of a society.
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