Gender Equity in Radiation Oncology: Culture Change Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

The specialty of radiation oncology's gender diversity is lagging other medical specialties. The lack of gender diversity in radiation oncology has been demonstrated at all stages of career, from medical schools to department chairs. Multiple articles have demonstrated literature-based benefits...

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Autores principales: Schuster, Jessica M., Saeed, Hina, Puckett, Lindsay L., Moran, Jean M., Howell, Krisha, Thomas, Charles, Offerman, Shannon, Suneja, Gita, Jagsi, Reshma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Brief Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9110895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35592465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2022.100937
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author Schuster, Jessica M.
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description The specialty of radiation oncology's gender diversity is lagging other medical specialties. The lack of gender diversity in radiation oncology has been demonstrated at all stages of career, from medical schools to department chairs. Multiple articles have demonstrated literature-based benefits of inclusion of a diverse group of female colleagues. This editorial is intended to note areas of progress and highlight resources available to support gender equity in the field of radiation oncology.
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spelling pubmed-91108952022-05-18 Gender Equity in Radiation Oncology: Culture Change Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint Schuster, Jessica M. Saeed, Hina Puckett, Lindsay L. Moran, Jean M. Howell, Krisha Thomas, Charles Offerman, Shannon Suneja, Gita Jagsi, Reshma Adv Radiat Oncol Brief Opinion The specialty of radiation oncology's gender diversity is lagging other medical specialties. The lack of gender diversity in radiation oncology has been demonstrated at all stages of career, from medical schools to department chairs. Multiple articles have demonstrated literature-based benefits of inclusion of a diverse group of female colleagues. This editorial is intended to note areas of progress and highlight resources available to support gender equity in the field of radiation oncology. Elsevier 2022-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9110895/ /pubmed/35592465 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2022.100937 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Gender Equity in Radiation Oncology: Culture Change Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
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