Promotion and tenure of women and minorities on medical school faculties

Article Abstract:

The proportion of women entering medical school has increased from 26 to 37 percent over the last 10 years, while the percentage of female medical faculty members has risen slightly (15 to 20 percent). For members of minority groups, however, the proportions of entering medical students and of faculty members have held constant (9 and 3 percent, respectively). Junior faculty from both populations do not advance as quickly as their male and nonminority counterparts through the academic ranks. To learn more concerning the status of minorities and women on US medical school faculties, reports on the issue are published every three years by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). This report includes data through 1989. Data concerning representation and advancement of the groups studied are presented, leading to the conclusion that barriers to career advancement exist for women and minorities. Several suggestions for improving the situation are offered by the American College of Physicians. These include a reaffirmation of the commitment by institutions to increasing the number of women and minority faculty members and the adoption of institutional strategies to encourage promotion of women and minorities to senior faculty positions. Toward this latter goal, six strategies are recommended. These are: dissemination of written guidelines for promotion and tenure; establishment of a career counseling program for junior faculty; establishment of a faculty development program; development of flexibility in tenure and promotional decisions to allow the accommodation of family responsibilities; encouragement of women and minorities to become involved in policy-making and faculty recruitment committees; and establishment of a formal evaluation process for these efforts. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Reports, Surveys, Sex discrimination, Race discrimination, Association of American Medical Colleges

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On being Dr. Mom

Article Abstract:

Medical schools need to develop innovative methods for allowing their faculty to perform well both as physicians and parents. A 1998 survey of faculty at US medical schools found that women who had children did not advance as far academically as men who had children or women who did not. However, the authors did not ask about spouses. Many men may have wives who are homemakers. Medical schools could provide more support to their faculty who have children. This might include on-site day care or a list of child care programs and other parental benefits.

Editorial

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Relation of family responsibilities and gender to the productivity and career satisfaction of medical faculty

Article Abstract:

Women faculty with children experience greater difficulty advancing their careers than men with children and women without children. Researchers surveyed 1,979 medical school faculty, about half of whom were women, about their academic progress. Women with children experienced greater obstacles and less financial and professional support from their institutions than men with children. They also had fewer publications and lower career satisfaction. These differences were not seen among men and women without children.

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