Women in medicine often fill ‘unrecognized and uncompensated’ leadership roles

Women physicians often take on mentorship roles rather than “institutionally recognized leadership positions,” but there are solutions that may help level the playing field, according to experts.

Although the presence of women in U.S. medical schools has grown over the last 25 years, equitable representation in medical leadership “remains elusive,” Annie Koempel, PhD, MA, RDN, LD, a qualitative scientist with the American Board of Family Medicine, and colleagues wrote in a study recently published in Family Practice.