Becker's Healthcare January 24, 2025
Compared to white men, women and racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely to enter academic medicine but less likely to be promoted, according to a study published in JAMA.
Research led by the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City evaluated more than 670,000 physician graduates between 1979 and 2019 to determine whether gender, race and ethnicity were associated with career advancements.
White men, who accounted for nearly 44% of graduates, were more likely to be promoted compared with physicians of nearly every other combination of gender, race and ethnicity. However, white men were hired to entry-level positions at lower rates than Black, Asian and white women and Asian men, the study found.
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