Prevalence of Women in Medicine Programs at University-Based Internal Medicine Residency Programs.

Autor:	Rho S; From the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri., Rust A; From the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri., Zhong L; From the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri., Lee K; From the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri., Spencer A; Divisions of General Medicine., Baggstrom MQ; Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri., Bhayani RK; Divisions of General Medicine.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Southern medical journal [South Med J] 2024 Feb; Vol. 117 (2), pp. 98-101.
DOI:	10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001649
Abstrakt:	Objective: Women physicians face various forms of inequities during their training process that inhibit them from reaching their full potential. As a response, several academic institutions have established women in medicine (WIM) programs as a support system. Our objective was to investigate the prevalence of WIM programs at university-based Internal Medicine residency programs as of December 2021. Methods: Using the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database, we identified 145 university-based Internal Medicine residency programs. Four independent reviewers reviewed the programs' Web sites, looking for evidence of a WIM program using a standardized checklist of search terms to evaluate and categorize their programs. Categories included whether the program was specific to graduate medical trainees, departments of medicine, or institution-wide. The proportions of programs that had a WIM program, a trainee-specific WIM program, and a Department of Medicine-specific WIM program were then analyzed. Results: Of the 145 programs searched, 58 (40%) had a WIM program. Only 16 (11%) were specific to trainees (11 for only medicine trainees and 5 included trainees graduate medical education-wide). The remaining 42 programs targeted faculty and trainees (5 included only the Department of Medicine and 37 included departments university-wide). Conclusions: Few university-affiliated Internal Medicine residency programs have a WIM program specific to trainees. Given the gender inequity and evidence that supports early development of leadership skills and support networks, our findings highlight a possible gap in the residency training program infrastructure.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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