{"id":499,"date":"2015-10-22T16:28:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T16:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feminem.org\/?p=499"},"modified":"2015-10-22T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T16:28:16","slug":"aliem-feminem-journal-club-sex-differences-in-academic-rank-in-u-s-medical-schools-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feminem.org\/2015\/10\/22\/aliem-feminem-journal-club-sex-differences-in-academic-rank-in-u-s-medical-schools-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"ALiEM- FemInEM Journal Club: Sex Differences in Academic Rank in U.S. Medical Schools in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those who missed it, ALiEM and FemInEM collaborated on 10\/21\/15\u00a0 for a Google Hangout to discuss the recent JAMA article \u201cSex Differences in Academic Rank in U.S. Medical Schools in 2014<\/a>\u201d by Jena et al.\u00a0 In brief, the study\u2019s authors utilized the Doximity database to assess for gendered differences in rank among physicians at academic medical centers.\u00a0 Looking at over 90,000 physicians with an amalgamation of both externally reported and self-verified data on publications, funding, rank and experience in the field, the study concluded that correcting for the previously mentioned factors, women remain substantially less likely than men to achieve the rank of full professor.<\/p>\n

By looking across institutions with a large sample size and correcting for factors conventionally cited as reasons women fall behind,\u00a0 <\/span>Dr. Jena\u2019s work\u00a0 <\/span>joins a ever-growing body of evidence that documents the persistence of gender bias in medicine. \u00a0 <\/span>Women in academic medicine have long perceived this issue, and while more tangible evidence that validates the disadvantages women often face\u00a0 <\/span>is always welcome, we hope to shift the conversation into its next phase and ask what solutions we can create to address this problem head on.\u00a0 <\/span>On 10\/21, the study\u2019s author Dr. Anupam Jena joined Dr. Dara Kass, Dr. Stephanie Abbuhl, Dr. Alyssa Westring and Dr. Kinjal Sethuraman for an exciting discussion on the article\u2019s impact and what we can do within our own institutions to effect change for women.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n