Championed by the American Medical Association, the Women in Medicine Month showcases the accomplishments of women physicians. It promotes advocacy related to women physicians and health issues impacting women patients. This year's theme is Women in Medicine: Advancing Equity, Creating Change.
How can you get involved?
1. If you are a woman in the medical field, participate!
- Post a photo of yourself at work or in the classroom using the hashtag #WIMMonth. You can participate all month on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram to see inspiring stories about women in medicine. #WIMMonth.
- The AMA has produced a social media kit with images and sample posts suitable for personal use on all social media outlets.
2. It's an opportunity for everyone to learn.
- Read quotes and articles of interest, sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
- Ten Facts About Female Physicians
- Ten Women Medical Pioneers
- Video Interview with Transcript: Challenges women physicians face during the pandemic
3. Finally, you can advocate.
- Join the #NeedHerScience Campaign, which is aimed at addressing journal-level gender bias. Examine the editorial review board of journals, especially those you may wish to publish in, to determine whether the journal has equitably included women. The #NeedHerScience campaign has produced a useful infographic with tips for getting published in the medical field.
- Mentor: Look for and be a mentor.
Two new books have hit the virtual shelves in the CORE LIbrary
Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Your Patients are Waiting by Stephanie Gold and Larry Green. This book provides an evidence-based guide for primary care physicians seeking to integrate behavioral health nto their practice. If you are looking for additional sources of evidence to justify improvements in your academic research papers ... or to your colleagues ... this book includes the case for why integrating behavioral health is important; what integration looks like in practice; and how to transform a practice and grow a team of clinicians to work together to address mental, emotional, and behavioral problems.
DBH 9901 students: each chapter begins with a short opener to introduce the stage of integration. Each chapter and subchapter ends with list of resources (articles, websites, etc) for further information for each topic. This might be helpful for the Levels of Integration paper you've got coming up soon.
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk, Jr.. This classic book is the seminal work for those struggling to develop an appropriate academic tone to their writing. It's short (only 105 pages!) and to the point, and its advice on writing style remains as useful today as it was when the book was originally published in 1918.
DBH 9100 Culminating Project students: this book has been specifically recommended by a member of CGI's advisory board as an excellent resource for writing papers in the style of your culminating project.