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Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH – Chair

Committee on Women’s Status in the DOM WSDOM Boston University School of Medicine Evans Department of Medicine November 1, 2004. Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH – Chair. History & Composition. Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD appoints committee to review status of women in the DOM 2002 Membership

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Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH – Chair

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  1. Committee on Women’s Status in the DOMWSDOMBoston University School of MedicineEvans Department of MedicineNovember 1, 2004 Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH – Chair

  2. History & Composition • Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD appoints committee to review status of women in the DOM 2002 • Membership • DOM faculty Associate and Full Professor • 2 vice-chairs, 3 section chiefs, 2 center directors, • Chair & 2 members DOM Appt & Promotions Committee • 1 Associate Dean SOM • Monthly meetings

  3. Methods • Reviewed • Recruitment, appointments, promotion, retention, salary, mentoring, leadership • Work-family issues, part-time status • H/o women in BUSM • PhDs • Challenges racial ethnic groups, disabled, non-nations, GLBT

  4. Methods • Literature Review • Interviews • Semi-structured interviews with Chiefs majority of DOM sections • Interview Chair Appointments & Promotions Committee • Dr. Joseph Korn, faculty nominated ASCI • Met with groups • Junior Faculty • Mid-career faculty • Structured survey 1/2004 • Assistant Professor and Instructors

  5. Executive Summary • Formal mentoring process • All faculty Instructor to Associate • Skills training mentors & mentees • Specific goals • An open process for internal hiring • Data collection, collation & analysis • Routine automated longitudinal data • Improvements in the work environment • Flexible schedules, family-friendly timing meetings, transparent family leave, breast-feeding support, subsidized child care, emergency coverage • Creation new position: DOM Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs • Collect disseminate data, support improvement deficient sections, oversee WSDOM Committee’s report

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