Increasing gender diversity within medicine, particularly within the higher levels of leadership has been a stated priority for many years. Women’s professional achievement has been a major part of the public discourse since the release of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. Work-life…
As I entered my final year of residency and one chapter of my life was ending, I felt that my education was not yet complete, and decided the next chapter for me was a toxicology fellowship. Another chapter was also…
You’ve worked hard in the Emergency Department with a patient, providing the best care you can provide, spending time explaining the plan and diagnosis, speaking to family members, and you feel good about the rapport you’ve developed with the patient…
In the late 1970s, the term ‘Imposter syndrome’ was coined by Drs Clance and Imes (both females incidentally…). It referred to high-achieving people who were unable to “own” their accomplishments and who lived in persistent fear of being exposed as…
FemInEM, in partnership with Medelita, has created our first awards recognizing outstanding female residents in emergency medicine: The Right Fit HIPster Awards. Inspired by Medelita’s H.I.P. (Honoring Inspiring Professionals) program, we sought applications from female emergency medicine residents. We asked potential HIPster awardees…
A curated collection of excellent talks by Jenny Beck-Esmay, MD and Teresa Cha, MD There are countless fantastic TED Talks out there, making it easy to dive down a rabbit hole watching one great one after another. We have compiled…
Editor’s Note: The recent commentary in ACEPNow on women in EM prompted Dr. Yafai to pen her thoughts. To all those ER physicians who are angry with “supporting” your female colleague who is pregnant or otherwise woman-ly disabled, The thing…
When I found out my daughter was allergic to peanuts, she was a year old. She couldn’t have cared less. She was smiling and happy, sitting on my lap in the allergist’s office, blissfully unaware of the big red mark on…
By FemInEMs, for FemInEMs
Right Fit HIPster Awards