Academic Medicine Open Forum

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope your weekends were full of relaxation and enjoyment.

Welcome Wagon
Sending a warm welcome to our newest members: @Jose Lopez, @Samara Ginzburg, @Jeanne Farnan, @Katie Maietta, @Julie Youm, and @Kedar Johnson! We're excited to have you in AAMC Communities, and we invite you to join our weekly "Question of the Week" discussion by responding to this post by sharing comments below. We also welcome suggestions for future topics to discuss, so feel free to send those my way!

ICYMI -  The AAMC recently released the annual Faculty Salary Survey, which shows mean salaries across departments and specialties, academic ranks, and degrees. Faculty salaries at medical schools increased an average of 2.3% in the last fiscal year, but new data illuminate significant differences in compensation for men and women at equal levels of educational and professional achievement. You can read more about the survey and the findings in this recent AAMCNews article by @Patrick Boyle.

...This leads me to our Questions of the Week!​

1. ​​What do you think leaders in academic medicine should do (can do) to address these gender-based inequities? If anything specific is happening at your institution, we would love to hear those examples. 
2. From what you’ve seen of gender inequities in medicine, what has been the role of personal bias (conscious or not) and structural bias within systems?

Additional resources you may be interested in:

• AAMC's Gender Equity Initiative 
• Faculty Salary Equity Resources
• AAMC Statement on Gender Equity

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Stephanie Weiner
Manager of Digital Strategy
Association of American Medical Colleges
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While our Medical School Dean at our Mesa, Az campus is Male (the Dean at our medical school in Kirksville, Missouri is Female), four (4) of the Associate/Assistant Deans at the Mesa School are female.  With at least 50% or more of our students being female, we have a rich diversity of both faculty and administration.

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Leonard Goldstein
VP for Clinical Education Development
A.T. Still University
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-10-2020 15:57
From: Stephanie Weiner
Subject: Question of the Week (Feb. 10-14): Faculty Salaries

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope your weekends were full of relaxation and enjoyment.

Welcome Wagon
Sending a warm welcome to our newest members: @Jose Lopez, @Samara Ginzburg, @Jeanne Farnan, @Katie Maietta, @Julie Youm, and @Kedar Johnson! We're excited to have you in AAMC Communities, and we invite you to join our weekly "Question of the Week" discussion by responding to this post by sharing comments below. We also welcome suggestions for future topics to discuss, so feel free to send those my way!

ICYMI -  The AAMC recently released the annual Faculty Salary Survey, which shows mean salaries across departments and specialties, academic ranks, and degrees. Faculty salaries at medical schools increased an average of 2.3% in the last fiscal year, but new data illuminate significant differences in compensation for men and women at equal levels of educational and professional achievement. You can read more about the survey and the findings in this recent AAMCNews article by @Patrick Boyle.

...This leads me to our Questions of the Week!​

1. ​​What do you think leaders in academic medicine should do (can do) to address these gender-based inequities? If anything specific is happening at your institution, we would love to hear those examples. 
2. From what you've seen of gender inequities in medicine, what has been the role of personal bias (conscious or not) and structural bias within systems?

Additional resources you may be interested in:

• AAMC's Gender Equity Initiative 
• Faculty Salary Equity Resources
• AAMC Statement on Gender Equity

​

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Stephanie Weiner
Manager of Digital Strategy
Association of American Medical Colleges
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