(Un)Happy Equal Pay Day!
Happy Equal Pay Day! Equal Pay Day is the unhappy, unofficial holiday we continue to celebrate due to persistent wage gap in the United States and other parts of the world. Equal Pay Day was first observed in 1996 by…
Happy Equal Pay Day! Equal Pay Day is the unhappy, unofficial holiday we continue to celebrate due to persistent wage gap in the United States and other parts of the world. Equal Pay Day was first observed in 1996 by…
Get ready for The FemInEM Idea Exchange, October 4-6, 2017 in NY. We wanted to share some basic details so you could get excited! The Conference We built this agenda to reflect the best conference experiences we have ever had. Our attention spans…
This is a unique sociopolitical time to practice emergency medicine. As a recent residency graduate working in a Freestanding ED in Dearborn, Michigan, my medical education has taken a back seat to a more relevant and enlightening cultural education. Dearborn,…
“Sorry, excuse me, can I get through please?” I wiggled my way to the head of the bed. Quickly, I set up the necessary intubation tools as the patient arrives shortly thereafter. Frenzy ensues, tubes flying over the patient, people…
I have been working in various emergency departments either as a resident or an attending for over ten years now and have seen sexism in the ED be a regular issue. Women comprise approximately of 50% of medical school classes…
(Editor’s Note: This letter was jointly written by members of the American Association of Women Emergency Physicians) We are writing to condemn James Green’s letter “Equal Pay for Women has Consequences” in which he suggested women be paid less than…
Dear PGY3 Emergency Medicine Residents, My name is Dr. Tara Coles and I am an Emergency Residency Graduate from the Class of 2005. I was also a Chief Resident during my PGY4 year. After completing residency, I was an Academic…
One snowy morning in frigid upstate New York, my new patient was anxiously sitting across from me in my office, hoping for words of reassurance as I reviewed her history. She was covered in winter gear, her puffer jacket obscuring…