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WEBINAR: Microaggressions and Implicit Bias: Anti-Bias Strategies for Targets, Allies, And Bystanders
- Oct 21, 2020
Dr. Derald Sue discusses the key points from his most recent book, Microintervention Strategies: What Targets, Allies, Parents, Teachers, and Bystanders Can Do to Eliminate Racism.
Obituary: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Oct 7, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman ever to serve on the high court, passed away on Sept. 19 from complications of metastatic cancer of the pancreas. She was 87.
The “Othering” of Disease: Xenophobia During Past Pandemics
- Sep 22, 2020
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.
INFOGRAPHIC: Evaluating Workplace Equity in Scholarly Publishing
- Sep 17, 2020
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
Obituary: John Lewis
- Sep 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.
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Strategies for Doing the Right Something in Times of Racial Injustice
- Sep 2, 2020
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-blackness.
How Generational Models Influence Gender Diversity in University Leadership
- Aug 26, 2020
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.
9 things every health care leader should know about compensation
- Aug 17, 2020
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.
Getting the most from all physician leaders
- Aug 17, 2020
During a four-decade career in the Army, I trained for and practiced the art of leadership while commanding at various levels. It was a rewarding career, filled with interesting people, a variety of cultures, and dynamic challenges.
Create the life in medicine that works for you
- Aug 17, 2020
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 little more than half of currently enrolled medical students.
Follow this roadmap to set up your private practice
- Aug 17, 2020
The world of medicine continues to change. In a 2018 American Medical Association (AMA) survey, 47.4% of the physicians were employed by various health organizations, while 45.9% owned their own practice. Ten percent of physicians were employed by physicians owned practices. Overall, 54% of physicians worked in a practice owned by physicians (AMA, 2019).
Coronavirus: Calling on women in medicine to lead in place
- Aug 17, 2020
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 presentation was to argue that networking within your specialty (medicine) with colleagues that are similar to you, your goals, career trajectories, will not be enough as you move through your career.
Understand the basics of trust for leadership success
- Aug 17, 2020
We know that individuals with strong trusting relationships live longer, healthier lives, and have a greater sense of fulfillment and peace. Professional environments with high levels of trust have greater employee satisfaction, lower rates of turnover, and in the clinical setting, demonstrate better clinical outcomes and higher levels of teamwork.
A surgeon’s approach to ergonomic modifications in the OR
- Aug 17, 2020
The challenges female surgeons experience with using surgical instruments that have historically been designed for use by male surgeons with taller, stronger physiques — and often larger-sized hands — have been well documented (Sutton, et al, 2014).
Follow these 5 steps to develop a mentoring team
- Aug 17, 2020
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.
Become active in organized medicine to impact change
- Aug 17, 2020
If you’re like me, you’re probably frustrated by the dysfunction in our health care system. This pandemic magnifies and brings into focus how leadership has failed to enact health care policy that serves us, our colleagues, and our patients — particularly those who are most vulnerable.
Advance the mission of your women’s leadership committee
- Aug 17, 2020
Women’s leadership groups are key to cultivating female leaders in our profession. But, what if your group could also serve a vital role in promoting women’s equity efforts and participate as a strategic partner to your institutional leadership?
Why women physicians need to be involved in politics
- Aug 17, 2020
We’re at an interesting point in American history. One hundred years after women finally won the right to vote, there are 126 women in Congress, 90 in statewide offices (including nine governors), and 2,152 female state legislators. And come January 2021, we could have our very first female vice president.
Support women medical professionals by teaching advocacy skills
- Aug 17, 2020
Being young and female is often not a powerful combination. A young woman will frequently have her authority questioned and will struggle to be heard. What’s more, the undertone of comments can do extreme damage to self-esteem, goals, and ambitions.
