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Recent acts of police brutality leading to the murders of Black men and women across the country have raised the collective social consciousness about race in America on a global scale. For the first time in a long time, people seem to be genuinely concerned about how to eradicate racism and anti...
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Women in Medicine Compendium
8/17/2020
In this compendium are pieces written by invited faculty speakers from the 2019 and 2020 WIMS. These thought leaders share their expertise on the evolution of empowerment that has occurred in medicine, and ways to achieve equity in healthcare utilizing evidence, science, and authentic leadership. -
The global COVID-19 pandemic has raised significant issues that transcend medicine and health, illuminating a long history of racial fears and anxieties that have been a common framework through which people evaluate concerns around global viruses.
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A new study shows that scholarly publishers need to address a gap between the goals of their diversity, equity, and inclusion organizational policies and the lived experiences of people working in the industry
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Obituary: John Lewis
9/8/2020
Many aspire to leave this world a better place than they found it. Only a few – like civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis – succeed. -
There are many models used by different generations of women to describe their research leadership in higher education (HE), and each impacts their careers and career ambitions differently.
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Discussions about compensation, particularly when they are focused on disparities for women and other people who identify with one or more underrepresented groups, often elicit strong emotions from those involved.
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Preface
8/17/2020
It is a strange time to be in medicine, and an even stranger time to be a woman in medicine. Our nation has been thrown into a pandemic for which we were unprepared where the majority of frontline essential workers are women. -
Perfect prescription for inequity: The intersection of COVID-19 and the U.S. health care system
8/17/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a perfect prescription for exacerbation of current, and creation of new, inequities in our health care system. When we get to the other side, the pandemic will leave unprecedented devastation in its wake, including a disproportionate toll on the aged, those with preexisti... -
What happens when an unprecedented global crisis impacts not only the delivery of a program such as Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®), but also potentially exacerbates the already vast gender disparities in medicine?
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Build leadership capacity from within
8/17/2020
Given that I’ve worked as a business school professor teaching executives for the last 30 years, one might suppose I could make a list of qualities all leaders should demonstrate. -
“I’m the doctor, of course I’m the leader!“ Who hasn’t heard that comment — or even thought it personally? The truth is we all have a leadership style even if we’ve never thought about it.
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Have you ever hungered for success? The best type of success, the kind that is based on intention and the process of working toward goals that you define for yourself, is usually enjoyed by women who have embraced certain skills.
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Efforts to promote gender equity in medicine focus on training women in leadership and assertiveness skills. Once that inspiring conference ends and women return to the workplace, many of them experience a stress response and feel too uncomfortable to use the techniques they’ve learned.
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At the 2019 Women in Medicine (WIM) Summit held in Chicago, I delivered a breakout session encouraging women physicians to expand their leadership skills by actively participating in professional organizations that may not be traditional to their respective areas of specialty. The goal of my pres...
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Women are at a disadvantage in the workplace. They deal with unequal pay, sexual harassment, lack of credit for their contributions, and more. And while organizations are looking to address these issues, too many gender-inclusion initiatives focus exclusively on how women should respond, leaving ...
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Nearly 40% of female physicians cut back clinically or leave medicine entirely within their first five years of finishing training (Paturel, 2019). This statistic is staggering and poses real policy issues when considering the worsening physician shortage, particularly now that women comprise a l...
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Those who are mentored outperform and out earn those who are not (Eby, et al, 2008). They get promoted more often and report lower burnout rates. However, having just one mentor is limiting. Having a team of mentors puts you in charge of your future.