High - quality research publications and ample grant support are key
commodities in academic medicine, and you will effectively be a «free agent» if you have a solid research portfolio.
Becker earned her medical degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, and received additional leadership training through the Executive Leaders
in Academic Medicine program at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Steven M. Scott, a hospital administrator with more than 30 years of
experience in academic medicine, has been been named interim chief executive officer of Upstate University Hospital to replace Dr. John McCabe who is stepping down.
Among her service in numerous leadership roles in professional organizations, Dr. Lakoski is President of the Society for Executive
Leadership in Academic Medicine (SELAM), International.
NIH examines indicators such as the track record of graduates
in academic medicine positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number of funded trainee positions at that institution.
A
paper in Academic Medicine raises an intriguing possibility: Women on medical faculties, at least, may prefer teaching and treating patients to publishing research papers.
This is the «good news,» writes Kathryn Rexrode of Harvard Medical School in an editorial (subscription required) in the same issue, because publishing original research in prominent journals is «the currency of success for
promotion in academic medicine.»
«If you want to be the person who is setting the standard of care and changing the paradigm of the way we treat disease, then
stay in academic medicine,» says Chung.
Becker has received additional leadership training, completing the Executive
Leaders in Academic Medicine program at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.
An endowed professorship is considered the highest
honor in academic medicine and recognizes extraordinary talent in research, clinical care and teaching, and it provides solid and sustaining funding to an accomplished faculty member to support his or her continued focus on radiation oncology research and its clinical translation.
Glimcher, for one, has little patience for handwringing about the difficulties women face in trying to combine a career
in academic medicine with family life.
Perhaps the seasonal prominence of Santa Claus's facial follicles was what inspired physicians Mackenzie Wehner and Kevin Nead of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and co-authors to publish a 16 December article in The BMJ examining the relationship between a hirsute visage and
leadership in academic medicine.
He obtained his MD degree from Indiana University Medical School in 1983, graduated with
Honors in Academic Medicine, and was selected to participate in the Clinical Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
«I decided to go to medical school, and then to work as a researcher within a university setting, to establish scientific credibility for this amazing work, which at the time, virtually
nobody in academic medicine or science believed.»
A related example would be for a K08 [grant], where the research mentor is of necessity a basic scientist; [having] an [additional] experienced faculty
member in academic medicine, acting as a career mentor, becomes a strength.
And then there's depression: A large study
reported in Academic Medicine found that one out of five medical students and residents suffer from mild to severe depression, and one out of 17 reported suicidal thoughts.
The trouble is, she writes in a new
article in Academic Medicine, that too many of these programs — called STEGH, or short - term experiences in global health — focus on the needs of the student trainees and not on what's best for their patients or for overall health care in the countries they visit.
Lead researcher Eric Campbell says he suspects that, «Major systemic changes will be needed if we ever hope to achieve the ideal of equal pay for equal
work in academic medicine.»
Donna Younger, M.D., Senior Physician at the Adult Clinic at Joslin, who was the first of four recipients to receive this award, said Dr. Spiro, «turned the scientific tide» when scientists and doctors struggled to prove to
people in academic medicine that diabetes was a serious condition worthy of attention.
Millar, who is the Albert M. Kligman Endowed Professor and vice chair for basic science research in Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, realized there was still a need to take action and began actively working more to address barriers to women's
equality in academic medicine just a few years ago.
Medical student classes and doctoral programs in biological sciences today generally include equal numbers of men and women, but as women move up through the
ranks in academic medicine, their representation shrinks.
The clinical immunology speciality training can lead you to a variety different roles including consultant, SAS (Specialist and Associate Specialist) doctor as well as
opportunities in academic medicine.
He subsequently completed a
fellowship in Academic Medicine / Faculty Development at UCLA before practicing the full spectrum of family medicine in a group practice in South Lake Tahoe for 5 years.
According to Page S. Morahan, former chair of the department of microbiology and immunology and current co-director of ELAM (an executive leadership program for
women in academic medicine) at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a mentor can make a difference in two ways.
Glassroth, a pulmonologist widely recognized for his work on lung infections, has considerable
experience in academic medicine and health care administration.
Women have been attending medical school in numbers equal to or greater than those of men since 1996 in the United Kingdom, 1 and in nearly equal numbers in the United States since 2003.2 However, despite parity in medical school admissions, substantial gender differences in rank and leadership
remain in academic medicine.
The progress of women attaining first and senior authorship of original research publications, the currency of success for
promotion in academic medicine, will directly translate into equity of academic advancement for women in the future.
«If you want to be the person who is setting the standard of care and changing the paradigm of the way we treat disease, then
stay in academic medicine.
The experiences of those who have managed to establish
themselves in academic medicine suggest that support from strong role models and mentors is a crucial factor.
These days, she is worried about the near total lack of women in senior administrative positions
in academic medicine.
And the two women just starting their careers
in academic medicine that Science Careers spoke with for this article felt that they had been supported equally by men and women.
For a young physician - scientist seeking a career
in academic medicine, choosing a residency can be stressful and difficult.
The Physician Scientist Training Program in Internal Medicine, a research - oriented residency training program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has reported that more than 80 % of the residents who completed the program remained
in academic medicine, and about 70 % of those had faculty positions at Washington University (4).
In the article, Benderly cited a paper
in Academic Medicine noting the coincidence of the rise in women in academic medicine and the emergence of the clinician - educator track at medical schools.