Editor's Picks Despite a decade-long effort to racially and ethnically diversify medical school graduates to reflect the diversity of the general population, underrepresentation of minority groups in medical schools remains problematic, new research shows.
 Although efforts to improve the female physician workforce have been successful (as demonstrated by the fact that nearly 50% of medical school classes are now female), women in training are no strangers to gender bias and harassment in the workplace. Examples include not being recognized as a physician by their patients or even other members of the treatment team, as well as inappropriate sexual comments or behavior by patients and peers.
The District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (the “Court”) partially denied a hospital’s motion for summary judgment (a judgment entered by a court for one party without a full trial) related to a physician’s complaint that a hospital broke its promise to him that he would be allowed to graduate early from its general surgery residency program.
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