Graduate education in clinical laboratory science: is the glass half full or half empty?
OBJECTIVES: To identify the barriers and/or obstacles these women experienced during their career paths as women clinical laboratory scientists who transitioned to higher education administration. To identify how being a woman influenced their careers as higher education administrators. METHODS: A m...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Laboratory Science Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 166 - 175 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Summer2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105072079&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105072079 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0894959X IKL jtl: Clinical Laboratory Science issn: 0894959X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Summer2010 vid: 23 iid: 3 pid: 13703 pub: American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science place: Dundee, Michigan artinfo: ui: 105072079 105072079 2010736464 10.29074/ascls.23.3.166 NLM20734889 105072079 ppf: 166 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Graduate education in clinical laboratory science: is the glass half full or half empty? aug: au: Karni K Polancic J Fenn J Spannaus-Martin DJ affil: Program in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 711, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 sug: subj: Colleges and Universities Education, Graduate Trends Education, Medical Laboratory Technology Descriptive Statistics Human Surveys Time Factors ab: OBJECTIVES: To identify the barriers and/or obstacles these women experienced during their career paths as women clinical laboratory scientists who transitioned to higher education administration. To identify how being a woman influenced their careers as higher education administrators. METHODS: A multi-site case study design was selected for this qualitative research involving a purposive sample of eight research participants. Data collection was guided by ten open-ended questions in seven face-to-face and one telephone semi-formal interviews. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS: The purposive sample included women clinical laboratory scientists who held a current higher education administrative position at the dean's level, including associate and assistant dean positions, in a university setting. The participants were located in eight higher education institutions in Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri, and Texas. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: The price women pay, gender considerations, a need for balance, existence/absence of the glass ceiling for women in higher education administration. RESULTS: Making personal sacrifices, struggling with gender stereotypes, being a woman, knowing you are okay, and possessing the ability to separate the personal from the professional were identified by this group of women as challenging experiences as they obtained and maintained a position as a higher education administrator. Additionally, they described the need for balance, a support system, and how they successfully managed their marriage, family, and career. The participants presented conflicting statements concerning the existence of the glass ceiling for women in higher education administration. CONCLUSION: The participants in this study obtained positions in higher education administration but they indicated they have paid a price. Each of the participants indicated their obstacles included making a personal sacrifice, being treated differently because they were women, and needing to find a balance in their responsibilities related to their careers, marriages, and families. The majority of the participants believe there is a slight increase in the number of opportunities for women in higher education administration. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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