Education

Education

WiEMS provides education that:

• Advises the greater AAEM organization and the Board on issues affecting women in emergency medicine
• Brings attention to important topics for women in EM through regular publication in Common Sense, a quarterly newsletter to section members, and lecture offerings at Scientific Assembly
• Builds mentoring systems for female medical students and emergency physicians at different stages of their careers, whether in an academic or community setting
• Develops and presents educational content that highlights issues of equity and focuses on creating solutions for the gender bias in medicine
• Creates a database of resources for AAEM members interested in education on gender issues

 

Common Sense

• Reports of the Death of the Pelvic Exam Are Greatly Exaggerated (PDF) - Livia Santiago-Rosado, MD and Mary E. McLean, MD (September/October 2019)
• Why We Shouldn’t Teach Doctors to be Well (PDF) - Arlene Chung, MD MACM FAAEM (May/June 2019)
• Equal Rights Amendment (PDF) - Kristen Kent, MD FAAEM (March/April 2019)
• Woman of Substance: Yvette Calderon, Emergency Physician (PDF) - Interviewed by Laleh Simani, MS4, edited by Marianne Haughey, MD FAAEM (January/February 2019)
• Burning Both Ends of the Candle (PDF) - Faith Quenzer, DO (July/August 2018)
• Myth Busting: Women in Emergency Medicine (PDF) - Megan Healy, MD FAAEM (May/June 2018)
• The Emergency Physician on "Disability" (Maternity Leave) (PDF) - Anumeha Singh, MD FAAEM (Mar/Apr 2018)
• FIX Celebrates Its First Annual Conference (PDF) - Kristen Kent, MD FAAEM (Jan/Feb 2018)
• The Gender Gap in Medical Leadership: Glass Ceiling, Domestic Tethers, or Both? (PDF) - Eveline Hitti, MD MBA FAAEM and Lisa Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM (May/June 2017)
• Handling the “Handsy” Co-worker (PDF) - Vicki Norton, MD FAAEM (Jan/Feb 2017)
• Women in Emergency Medicine: Developing a Departmental Parental Leave Policy (PDF) - Robin Naples, MD FAAEM (Nov/Dec 2016)
• There’s a First for Everything: Surviving and Thriving Through Internship and Pregnancy (PDF) - Faith Quenzer, DO PGY-1 (Nov/Dec 2016)
• Inaugural “Women in EM” Track was a Big Success (PDF) - Megan Healy, MD FAAEM (Mar/Apr 2016)
• #ilooklikeanEMdoc (PDF) - Pollianne Ward, MD FAAEM (Jan/Feb 2016)

 

Podcasts

Women's Wisdom: Our Journey in Emergency Medicine is a podcast created by the AAEM Women in Emergency Medicine Section to highlight the journeys of prominent women emergency physicians. Join us every other month as we explore a new path and share our stories as women physicians.