Making Promotion Count: The Gender Perspective On Behalf of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Equity Research Taskforce

Abstract

Women in academic emergency medicine (EM) experience disparities in both compensation and advancement.^1‐3 Some hypothesized causes of gender disparities include lack of mentorship and resources,^4‐5 unequal distribution of opportunity,^6‐7 sexism⁸ and implicit bias.^9‐10 Gender differences in academic rank in EM may also be driven by differences in scholarly productivity, slower ascent to leadership among women, attrition from academic medicine, and potentially a lack of adequate support for faculty that have family obligations competing with work,⁴ though these factors are largely speculative.

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