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Do men outnumber women in academic neurology programs?

April 2nd, 2018

Bottom Line: Men outnumbered women at all faculty levels in top-ranked academic neurology programs, findings that are consistent with previous studies of both neurology and other specialties.

Why The Research Is Interesting: Women are underrepresented in academic neurology.

Who and When: 1,712 academic neurologists from 29 top-ranked neurology programs identified through a search of departmental websites from December 2015 to April 2016

What (Study Measures): Compared the distribution of men vs. woman and the number of publications for men vs. women at each academic faculty rank

How (Study Design): This was an observational study. Researchers were not intervening for purposes of the study and cannot control for all the natural differences that could explain the study results.

Authors: Mollie McDermott, M.D., M.S., of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and coauthors

Study Limitations: Some important factors such as leave of absence, administrative and teaching responsibilities, and the specific promotion criteria of different academic career paths were not surveyed.

More information:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman … jamaneurol.2018.0275

Provided by The JAMA Network Journals

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