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...

Don’t Miss the Global Women’s Leadership Summit Just for Professional Women “I can’t go to another meeting!”  Well, you don’t have to.  This meeting is going to come to you. And it’s all about leadership...

Chapter 10:  A New Place, Again by Jane Doe, MD My place of fellowship training is a university system but a consortium of hospitals.  I am in a new location this week.  Each institution has a distinct culture I am told.  It is certainly true...

Five Tips to Tip You Off When You Might Want to Leave Advice on the Table Mentors are all about us.  Some of us rely on one or two, but most of us have serial mentors (or advisers) who help us through our careers and other parts of our life. One of...

Chapter 8:  Is Anonymity the Refuge of a Coward? By Jane Doe, MD I would have answered “Yes” to that question in most circumstances before I began this project so why am I anonymous?  Could I not protect the privacy of others by omitting...

Women Health Professionals Working Together Our last post outlined the history of our philanthropic advocacy group (the founding members and first program at the left).  While proud we were, we were no match for the women who started the...