An Innovative Program to Support Gender Equity and Success in Academic Medicine: Early Experiences From the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists

Letters17 July 2018An Innovative Program to Support Gender Equity and Success in Academic Medicine: Early Experiences From the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund to Retain Clinical ScientistsReshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, Rochelle D. Jones, MS, Kent A. Griffith, MS, Kathleen T. Brady, MD, PhD, Ann J. Brown, MD, MHS, Randal D. Davis, MBA, Amelia F. Drake, MD, Daniel Ford, MD, MPH, Victoria J. Fraser, MD, Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhD, Judith S. Hochman, MD, Susan Girdler, PhD, Anne M. Libby, PhD, Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS, Judith G. Regensteiner, PhD, Kimberly Yonkers, MD, Sindy Escobar-Alvarez, PhD, and Elizabeth R. Myers, PhDReshma Jagsi, MD, DPhilUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (R.J., R.D.J., K.A.G.), Rochelle D. Jones, MSUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (R.J., R.D.J., K.A.G.), Kent A. Griffith, MSUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (R.J., R.D.J., K.A.G.), Kathleen T. Brady, MD, PhDMedical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina (K.T.B., R.D.D.), Ann J. Brown, MD, MHSDuke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (A.J.B.), Randal D. Davis, MBAMedical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina (K.T.B., R.D.D.), Amelia F. Drake, MDUniversity of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (A.F.D.), Daniel Ford, MD, MPHJohns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (D.F.), Victoria J. Fraser, MDWashington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (V.J.F.), Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhDVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (K.E.H.), Judith S. Hochman, MDNew York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York (J.S.H.), Susan Girdler, PhDUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (S.G.), Anne M. Libby, PhDUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado (A.M.L., J.G.R.), Christina Mangurian, MD, MASUniversity of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California (C.M.), Judith G. Regensteiner, PhDUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado (A.M.L., J.G.R.), Kimberly Yonkers, MDYale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (K.Y.), Sindy Escobar-Alvarez, PhDDoris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York, New York (S.E., E.R.M.), and Elizabeth R. Myers, PhDDoris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York, New York (S.E., E.R.M.)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M17-2676 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Background: Difficulty integrating home and workplace expectations may explain gender differences in academic success and attrition of promising physician–researchers (1–3). Institutions have piloted creative interventions to help those facing time-sensitive productivity and family pressures, but the problem persists nationwide (4, 5). The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation created an innovative new national program to support junior physician–researchers facing substantial extraprofessional challenges.Objective: To describe the program's design, goals, and first-year experiences.Methods and Findings: In 2015, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation solicited proposals for the Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists, seeking to support programs at medical schools to facilitate the success ...References1. Schafer A. The Vanishing Physician-Scientist? Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ Pr; 2009. Google Scholar2. Jagsi R, DeCastro R, Griffith KA, Rangarajan S, Churchill C, Stewart A, et al. Similarities and differences in the career trajectories of male and female career development award recipients. Acad Med. 2011;86:1415-21. 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Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (R.J., R.D.J., K.A.G.)Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina (K.T.B., R.D.D.)Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (A.J.B.)University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (A.F.D.)Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (D.F.)Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (V.J.F.)Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (K.E.H.)New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York (J.S.H.)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (S.G.)University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado (A.M.L., J.G.R.)University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California (C.M.)Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (K.Y.)Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York, New York (S.E., E.R.M.)Presented in part at the American Association of Medical Colleges Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 3–6 November 2017.Acknowledgment: The authors thank the Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists program leaders and award applicants who took the time to participate in this evaluation.Grant Support: From the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Dr. Jagsi).Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M17-2676.Reproducible Research Statement:Study protocol: Available from Dr. Jagsi (e-mail, [email protected]umich.edu). 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Saunders, MD, MPH and Barbara J. Turner, MD, MSEd 17 July 2018Volume 169, Issue 2Page: 128-130KeywordsAcademic medicineDisclosureInstitutional review boardsMotivationResearch designScientistsSexual identityStatistical data ePublished: 20 March 2018 Issue Published: 17 July 2018 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2018 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...