title: Society for women in academic psychiatry: a peer mentoring approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite an increasing presence of women in medicine, the percentage of women in academic psychiatry remains low. At the University of California, Davis, women represent two-thirds of psychiatry residents; however, the percentage of female faculty is one-third. This article presents a novel approach to the academic gender gap problem.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Society for Women in Academic Psychiatry (S.W.A.P.) is a peer mentoring group founded by junior women faculty.
  
  
  RESULTS
  S.W.A.P. results to date include educational products, departmental demographic changes, and climate improvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although results are encouraging, more effort is needed to achieve a true culture change.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, 2230 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. andreea.seritan@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors: Andreea L
authors: AL
authors: Seritan
authors: Robinder
authors: R
authors: Bhangoo
authors: Sylvia
authors: S
authors: Garma
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Dubé
authors: Ju Hui
authors: JH
authors: Park
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Hales
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003142:Communication; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008611:Mentors; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010379:Peer Group; D010822:Physicians, Women; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012955:Societies, Medical