Women Medical Students and Physicians. 1994 Statistics on Women in U.S. Academic Medicine and Its Implication to Japan / 医学教育

This is an interpretative overview of the newest statistics on women in U. S. academic medicine, as prepared by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in 1994. Recent trends of women medical school applicants, enrollees and graduates were presented. The distribution of women residents and women faculty members by department was also shown. Growth in the number of full professors, tenure status, and ethnicity of women were also compared with men. Three women medical school deans were reported. A discussion concerning the future trend of Japanese medical societies was included.