Career success for women in academic medicine: eight self-help strategies.

Sangeeta Mehta, Kali Barrett, Kusum Menon

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Article in British journal of anaesthesia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Sangeeta MehtaDepartment of Medicine, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: geeta.mehta@utoronto.ca.

Kali BarrettInterdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kusum MenonDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Women in academic medicine encounter unique challenges, including implicit biases. They are underrepresented in scholarly activities, including as authors, editorial board members, conference speakers, and guideline panels. In this special article, we suggest eight strategies that women can use to ensure their voices are heard and to reduce the overall gender disparity in academic medicine. These include crafting an academic mission, celebrating successes, building a community, recognising implicit biases, taking risks, exploring creative work-life integration strategies, and learning from mistakes.

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Career MobilityFaculty, MedicalPhysicians, WomenSexismFemaleHumansacademic medicinegender disparitiesgender equityimplicit biaswomen’s underrepresentationwork–life integration

Identifiers

PMID40987666

DOI10.1016/j.bja.2025.08.011

PMCPMC13014494

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