Advancing from perception to reality: How to accelerate and achieve gender equity now

摘要

We applaud Lukela et al. for contributing their institutional experience to the rapidly growing literature that quantifies the numerous and insidious ways that gender inequity manifests in medicine. The study found that women resident physicians perceived underrepresentation of women physician faculty to a greater extent than male resident physicians. Comparing perception to actual representation, they found that women residents noticed the gender disparity in leadership more often than did male residents [ ].