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01-03-2019 | Editorial

Moving the Needle on Gender Equity: a Call for Personal and Organizational Action

Authors: Carol K. Bates, MD, Amy S. Gottlieb, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 3/2019

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In this issue of JGIM, Carr and colleagues remind us that our medical community has a way to go to close the gender gap that has been identified (and experienced) among our workforce for generations.¹ Their report highlights key findings of all grantees of the Research Partnership on Women in Science Careers, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding vehicle to investigate factors impeding the professional advancement of women in medicine and science.^2,3 The conclusions and recommendations are particularly compelling since these authors have generated most of the academic medical literature on this subject in the last five years. …

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Title: Moving the Needle on Gender Equity: a Call for Personal and Organizational Action
Authors: Carol K. Bates, MD
Amy S. Gottlieb, MD
Publication date: 01-03-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4798-7

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