Teachers can close gender gap in classroom leadership during medical school
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 06:42
in Psychology & Sociology
Half of U.S. first-year medical students are female, yet a new UCLA study shows that they volunteer for leadership roles in the classroom significantly less than their male counterparts. Subtle encouragement from teachers, however, can even out the playing field by boosting female students' willingness to identify themselves as leaders...