Category : Gender Equality

Recently, the term “subtle sexism” has started making its rounds in the medical field to describe the current state of affairs of the gender equity movement.  With overt sexism allegedly gone by the wayside, we are left instead with an...

Mentoring is about building relationships that help guide the newbie through the labyrinth of experiences a physician faces.  Many women have men as mentors for those areas that were considered gender neutral.  But for the specific issues that...

ETI member Julie Welch, MD offers the first post of a three part series–how to develop a women’s mentoring program.  Thanks, Julie.  Linda Brodsky, MD As a new physician, fresh out of residency, I was used to the “old boy’s...

Expediting The Inevitable is an organization dedicated to changing the way the healthcare marketplace and women physicians engage to achieve business growth and clinical excellence without sacrificing quality of patient care. But every time we begin...

Google’s first Science Fair , whose winners were named last week, was a worldwide phenomenon, with 10,000 entries from 91 countries. Much like science fairs of the past, Google’s was filled with bright young minds, eager to break new ground in...

The “old boys” network is blamed for keeping us down and keeping us out. Instead of complaining, we must start building a “new girls” network. Women physicians know not of the importance of creating powerful, enduring relationships in the...