Narratives of Participants in National Career Development Programs for Women in Academic Medicine: Identifying the Opportunities for Strategic Investment

Helitzer, Deborah; Newbill, Sharon L.; Cardinali, Gina; Morahan, Page S.; Chang, Shine; Magrane, Diane

doi:10.1089/jwh.2015.5354

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“…Although little is known about such practices within higher education, there is no reason to believe that such programs would not benefit leaders in higher education as well. Such approaches are consistent with recommendations to reduce barriers to advancement in higher education (Travis 2013;DeZure et al 2014;Helitzer et al 2016) and merit additional attention in research on leadership development for universities. Figure 1 provides a self-reflection instrument regarding mentoring and sponsorship practices that can be used for individual reflection and group discussion.…”

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Competencies and Practices in Academic Engineering Leadership Development: Lessons from a National Survey

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Traditionally, higher education has relied on recruiting executive leaders based largely on scholarly credibility, expecting leadership competency to develop with “on the job” experience. This approach is risky to organizational success. Building upon research about how institutional leaders identify, select, develop, and support those in succession, this study aims (1) to explore how senior academic leaders in engineering perceive their leadership roles, specifically the importance they attribute to various leadership skills and their self-confidence in exercising those skills, and (2) to discern the prevalence of mentoring and sponsorship practices those leaders use as part of their leadership portfolio. Results of a national survey, distributed in collaboration with the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) to leaders in academic engineering in North America, confirm the importance of select leadership skills, including practices related to the mentoring and sponsorship of emerging leaders. However, the reported prevalence of those practices was relatively low in this sample. The authors recommend holding leaders accountable for developing future leaders and present an instrument for self- and organizational assessment of such practices for use in implementing more intentional approaches to leadership development in higher education.

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“…Sponsorship has been defined essentially as a mentor with ‘significant organisational influence … willingness to advocate for protégées … competitive assignments (and) leadership opportunities’ 19. Overall, we contend that the results of the current study concur with previous findings supporting strategic investment in career development programme for women in the field of CHD 20 21…”

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Sex differences in publication volume and quality in congenital heart disease: are women disadvantaged?

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BackgroundWomen are underrepresented in leading medical positions and academia. The gender-gap in authorship of congenital heart disease (CHD) publications remains unknown. As determinants of gender equity in this field are poorly characterised, we aimed to quantify and characterise publications in CHD and to assess factors associated with female representation in research.Methods and resultsWe identified 35 118 CHD publications between 2006 and 2015 for which author gender could be ascertained. Overall, 25.0% of all authors were female. Women accounted for 30.2% and 20.8% of all first and senior authorship positions with great geographic heterogeneity. While globally female first and senior authorship increased by 0.8% and 0.6%/year, some geographic regions showed no improvement in gender representation. Significant predictors of female first authorship on logistic regression analysis were country gross domestic product, human development index, gender inequality index and a female senior author (p<0.0001 for all). Publications with a female lead author tended to be published in journals with a higher impact factor (IF) and to attract more citations compared with those with a male author. Mixed gender authorship was associated with higher IF and number of citations. Women were less disadvantaged when the analysis was confined to original research.ConclusionsWhile modest improvement in female authorship over time was noted, women remain underrepresented in contemporary academic CHD. Manuscripts with mixed gender authorship had higher IF and more citations. The main predictor of female first authorship was a female senior author. These data should inform policy recommendations regarding gender parity.

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“…To date interventions strengthening women's professional networks such as mentoring programs [22,32], interventions tackling subtle gender biases [33–35] and career development programs [36] have been shown to be effective and should be implemented comprehensively at universities. Furthermore, we suggest the compulsory masking of author information during the reviewing process of scientific journals as gender biases cannot be ruled out from the current scientific perspective.…”

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Gender-gaps and glass ceilings: A survey of gender-specific publication trends in Psychiatry between 1994 and 2014

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Narratives of Participants in National Career Development Programs for Women in Academic Medicine: Identifying the Opportunities for Strategic Investment

Abstract: The findings contribute to the growing evidence that career development programs, concurrent with strategic, intentional support of institutional leaders, are necessary to achieve gender equity and diversity inclusion.

Cited by 56 publications

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Competencies and Practices in Academic Engineering Leadership Development: Lessons from a National Survey

Competencies and Practices in Academic Engineering Leadership Development: Lessons from a National Survey

Sex differences in publication volume and quality in congenital heart disease: are women disadvantaged?

Gender-gaps and glass ceilings: A survey of gender-specific publication trends in Psychiatry between 1994 and 2014

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