A Long, Adventurous Journey: Reflecting on 50 Years as a Woman in Academic Medicine.

As part of a special collection of articles on women in academic medicine, the author reflects on her 50 years in medicine as a trainee, faculty member, administrator, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). She uses personal experiences to illustrate several lessons learned. First, good leaders share 4 characteristics, each of which begins with the letter "T" (tenacity, tough mindedness-not toughness, thick skin, and tender heart).

American Pediatric Society 2015 presidential address: life's lessons learned.

Presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Society, San Diego, California, USA.

Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of honorary and ghost authors in six leading general medical journals in 2008 and compare this with the prevalence reported by authors of articles published in 1996.

Design: Cross sectional survey using a web based questionnaire.

Setting: International survey of journal authors.