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Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118(9):1285-1286.

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NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Women Physicians in Academic Medicine

Lynn Nonnemaker, PhD

Background:  I conducted a study to determine whether women who graduate from medical schools are more or less likely than their male counterparts to pursue full-time careers in academic medicine and to advance to the senior ranks of medical school faculties.

Methods:  The rates of advancement to the ranks of assistant, associate, and full professor for all US medical school graduates from 1979 through 1993 and for all members of US medical school faculties from 1979 through 1997 were studied. Cohorts were defined on the basis of the year of graduation from medical school, track (tenure or nontenure), and academic department. Within each cohort, the number of women who advanced to a senior rank was compared with the number that would be expected on the basis of parity between men and women, and 95 percent confidence intervals . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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