Education

Education

The WiEM Section 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

• Mothering in the Time of COVID (PDF) - Trupti Shah, MD (September/October 2020) 
• Embracing Femininity in a Pandemic (PDF) - Lauren Maloney, MD NRP FP-C NCEE (July/August 2020)
• Women's Perspectives on Dual-EM Physician Couples (PDF) - Megan Mandile (May/June 2020)
• Choosing Locums (PDF) - Robyn Hitchcock, MD FAAEM (March/April 2020)
• Navigating to Success: Wisdom from Tiffany Murano, MD (PDF) - Amanda Tramutola, DO (January/February 2020)
• Your Words Matter: The Vocabulary of Microaggression (PDF) - Marianne Haughey, MD (November/December 2019)
• 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.

 

WiEM Mentorship Program

The WiEM Section provides education that builds mentoring systems for female medical students and emergency physicians at different stages of their careers, whether in an academic or community setting. Apply today to be successfully matched with a mentor/mentee.