How do you address a problem that is easily identified and quantified and yet remains stubbornly slow to improve despite genuine calls to do so? How do you unstuck an effort that is stuck?

References

  1. Gottlieb A. Closing the Gender Gap in Medicine: A Roadmap for Healthcare Organizations and the Women Physicians Who Work for Them. New York: Springer, 2021.
  2. Weimer M. Threshold concepts: Portals to new ways of thinking. Faculty Focus. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/threshold-concepts-portals-new-ways-thinking/. Published November 2, 2014. Accessed June 15, 2021.
  3. Rao AD, Nicholas SE, Kachniarz B, et al. Association of a simulated institutional gender equity initiative with gender-based disparities in medical school faculty salaries and promotions. JAMA Network Open. 2018;1(8):e186054.

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Topic

Advocacy, Health Policy & Advocacy, Leadership, Administration, & Career Planning, Medical Education, Sex and Gender-Informed Medicine, SGIM, Women's Health

Author Descriptions

Dr. Levine (rlevine@jhmi.edu) is professor and associate dean for Faculty Educational Development, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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