Women doctors and their careers in a large university hospital in Spain at the beginning of the 21st century

Table 1 Characteristics of professional career (PC) promotion at the Hospital Clínic from 1996 to 2008

Grade of PC	Gender	Number of applications	Number of promotions^a	p	Age of promotion^b	p	Number of calls^c	p
Senior specialist	Men	492	267 (54.3)	0.413	45.98 (6.88)	0.936	1.68 (1.03)	0.169
Senior specialist	Women	286	146 (51.0)		45.87 (5.89)		1.80 (1.08)
Consultant	Men	315	156 (49.5)	0.010	50.93 (6.00)	0.044	1.55 (0.78)	0.118
Consultant	Women	174	65 (37.4)		51.53 (5.96)		1.80 (1.11)
Senior consultant	Men	219	108 (49.3)	0.875	56.98 (5.46)	0.068	1.30 (0.77)	0.029
Senior consultant	Women	48	23 (47.9)		56.18 (4.48)		1.59 (0.91)

^aNumber of promotions and percentage between brackets.
^bMean and standard deviation, between brackets, of the years when they are promoted.
^cMean and standard deviation, between brackets, of the number of calls to which they must apply for promotion.

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