Research & Metrics

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Without data, we cannot achieve change

A major component of ADVANCE’s mission will be to closely monitor key metrics on the state of women in PHM and conduct research on gender equity in our field. We will then use this data to inform our advocacy, policy, and career development initiatives.

ADVANCE PHM’s Research and Metrics Task Force will be leading the development of a data infrastructure and dashboard that will allow us to monitor:

  1. The current state of gender equity in the field of PHM.

  2. Critical gender equity issues impacting our workforce over time.

  3. Whether advocacy, policy change, and other interventions are helping to improve the field.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous challenges for women in medicine

The leaders of ADVANCE PHM responded quickly to these concerns and has created guiding principles for institutions on how to support their female hospitalists. Read our publication below!

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Key Articles & News On Gender Equity In Medicine

 

PRESS RELEASE: Pediatric hospitalists form non-profit to advance gender equality in the speciality

A diverse group of pediatric hospitalists are ready to push women’s interests to the forefront of pediatric medicine as well as create greater work equity for female physicians in the field with the launch of Advance PHM.

“We aim to be advocates for women’s advancement in the field,” said Dr. Jennifer, O’Toole, a member of the Advance PHM Steering Committee. The non-profit will partner with other medical and non-medical organizations that promote both the interests of pediatric hospitalists and gender equity.

 

AAP News

Women in Pediatrics: Progress, Barriers, and Opportunities for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Gender bias and discrimination have profound and far-reaching effects on the abstract health care workforce, delivery of patient care, and advancement of science and are antithetical to the principles of professionalism. In the quest for gender equity, medicine, with its abundance of highly educated and qualified women, should be leading the way.

 

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Collateral Damage: How COVID-19 Is Adversely Impacting Women Physicians

The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected every facet of our work and personal lives. While many hope we will return to “normal” with the pandemic’s passing, there is reason to believe medicine, and society, will experience irrevocable changes. Although the number of women pursuing and practicing medicine has increased, inequities remain in compensation, academic rank, and leadership positions.

 

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Building a New Framework for Equity: Pediatric Hospital Medicine Must Lead the Way


AAMC

AAMC launches new initiative to address and eliminate gender inequities

While women have made up almost half of graduating medical students since 2004, they represent just 35% of active physicians. Female physicians make 76 cents and female scientists make 90 cents for every dollar earned by men, even after adjusting for age, years of experience, and specialty. Fewer than 20% of medical school deans and department chairs are women.

 
 

JAMA Network

COVID-19 and the Slide Backward for Women in Academic Medicine

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed many faults in our society and has exacerbated many of the already glaring racial and gender inequities that are found in medicine. It has also disrupted the pace and productivity of academic physicians. For women in particular, because of the disproportionate role they played in domestic and childcare work before COVID-191 and now with the COVID-19–related disruptions that have led to changes in childcare and other supports, the impact may be greater than for men.

 

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Gender Distribution in Pediatric Hospital Medicine Leadership

Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM), a field early in its development and with a robust pipeline of women, is in a unique position to lead the way in gender equity. We describe the proportion of women in divisional and fellowship leadership positions at university-based PHM programs.

 
 

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