Promoting gender equity and eliminating the inequities in compensation and career advancement that physicians can face is a longstanding goal of ACP.
As an organization, we are committed to addressing the unique challenges female physicians confront over the course of their careers in order to foster an inclusive environment that promotes growth and development for female physicians. ACP believes that addressing the barriers that women in medicine face is essential for the internal medicine community to benefit from the full potential of women physicians in the workforce.
*You are welcome to use the following resources in your practice
to help promote gender equity, giving ACP credit.
Recommendations for Achieving Physician Gender Equity
This ACP position paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine provides a set of recommendations addressing the challenges women in medicine face, including equity in physician compensation, career advancement, and bias.
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Compensation Disparities by Gender in Internal Medicine
This ACP research report highlights the differences in physician compensation by gender among U.S. ¹Ü¼ÒÆÅÐÄË®ÂÛ̳ (ACP) internal medicine physicians. Published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
What You Can Do to Impact Gender Equity
Make your mark on impacting gender equity in medicine with the following list of action items.
Each day ACP members are making a positive impact in the internal medicine community. Recognized by their peers for their outstanding efforts, please join us in celebrating the honorees.
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- Personal Branding: Knowing and Promoting You
- Why Inclusion and Equity Matter for Women in Medicine and the Profession
- Cultivating the Success of Women in Medicine: Sponsorship as a Lever for Organizational Change
- Executive Presence: Cultivating The Intangible
- Mentorship, Coaching, and Sponsorship for Women Physicians
- Work-Life Integration for Women in Medicine
- Being an Upstander for Women in Medicine
- Core Tenets of Leadership for Women in Medicine
- Unlocking Implicit Bias: How Our Hidden Attitudes Are Affecting How We Care For Our Patients
- Gender-Based Differences in Physician Burnout
- Networking for Women in Medicine
- Negotiating Like a Woman: The Keys to Getting What You're Worth
- Everybody In: Creating Gender Equality in Your Workplace
- Leadership Principles for Women in Medicine
- Why Not Ask? Negotiating with Confidence
- Putting Equity Principles into Action
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Podcast: Mentorship and Recruitment of URiMs
The DEI Shift, a podcast dedicated to shifting the way we think and talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the medical field, interviews Dr. Quentin Youmans, the former chief of internal medicine at Northwestern University. Dr. Youmans discusses the importance of recruitment and mentorship of underrepresented minorities in medicine, and strategies for supporting them in these roles.
Improving Health Policies to Better Support Women
ACP policy recommendations to improve the health of women in the United States through a health care system that supports their needs over the course of their lifetime, Published in Annals of Internal Medicine. | Watch video
ACP members share stories of particularly challenging situations they faced as women physicians to celebrate the support and guidance received from colleagues and to show they are not alone.
Additional References & Resources
A collection of resources to help physicians committed to addressing gender equity at the organizational level and individually.
Gender Bias & Advancing Equity
- American Library Association:
- American Medical Association:
- Association of American Medical Colleges:
- Association of American Medical Colleges:
- Association of Women Surgeons:
- Carol Emmott Foundation Resource Packet: Resources to transform health by accelerating the advancement and impact of women leaders and achieving gender equity
- Catalyst BiasCorrect Plug-In:
- Harvard Business Review:
- NEJM Catalyst:
- The Permanente Journal:
- UC Berkeley University Health Services:
Leadership & Mentoring
- Brigham and Women's Hospital:
- Fast Company:
- Harvard Business Review:
- The Lancet:
- New England Journal of Medicine:
- The Permanente Journal:
- Rock Health:
- World Economic Forum:
Addressing Sexual Harassment
- Harvard Business Review:
- Harvard Business Review:
- JAMA Network:
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- The Joint Commission:
- Marketplace:
- Marketplace:
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine:
- Newsbytes:
- New England Journal of Medicine:
- New England Journal of Medicine:
- The Permanente Journal:
- Stat:
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