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The "gender gap" in authorship of academic medical literature--A 35-year perspective

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A 35-year perspective of female physician-investigators among the authors of selected publications is presented to understand the disparities between sexes in academic medicine. Although the proportion of women among both first and senior physician authors of original research in the US has increased, women still form a minority of the authors of original research and guest editorials.

Author: Hylek, Elaine M., Henault, Lori E., Tarbell, Nancy J., Jagsi, Reshma, Starr, Rebecca, Guancial, Elizabeth A., Worobey, Cynthia Cooper, Yuchiao Chang
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2006
Management dynamics, New England States, Management, Medical publishing, Women physicians, Company business management, New England

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Outcomes of a pilot faculty mentoring program

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A study is conducted to determine whether a junior faculty mentoring program is beneficial to participants and to identify particular positive and negative aspects of such a program to enable others to institute similar programs. The results indicated that the faculty mentoring program had significant benefits for everyone who participated.

Author: Tarbell, Nancy J., Tracy, Erin E., Jagsi, Reshma, Starr, Rebecca
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2004
United States, Methods, Medical students, Vocational guidance, Mentors, Mentoring

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Case 4-2004: a nine-month-old boy with an orbital rhabdomyosarcoma

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The case of a nine-month-old baby is discussed who had an eye tumor called rhabdomyosarcoma. Because of his young age, his doctors were not willing to treat him with traditional radiation treatment. Instead, he was treated with chemotherapy and proton radiation therapy.

Author: Tarbell, Nancy J., Friedmann, Alison M., Schaefer, Pamela W., Hoch, Benjamin L.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
Case studies, Cancer in children, Childhood cancer, Rhabdomyosarcoma

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