Here to chair: Gender differences in the path to leadership.
Kinjal N SethuramanMichelle P LinKirsten RoundsAndrea FangMichelle D LallMelissa ParsonsJudith A LindenKamal GursahaniNeha RaukarSarah M PermanValerie A DobieszPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2021)
While the majority of chairs held prior leadership roles in ED operations, only one in five women chairs did, suggesting gender differences in the path to chair attainment. These differences in paths may contribute to persistent gender disparities in ED chairs and may be influenced by career path choices, implicit bias, and structural barriers.