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Goals:

  • Recap Episode 1
  • Discuss benefits of inclusion for women, men, and business

***Bonus***  

  • Relive the beginning of the Choo/Kass dynasty

Show guests:

Ester Choo, MD, MPH

Dara Kass, MD

Recap of Episode 1

  • Real stories of women physicians from across the United States

Women inherently care about this topic. Why should men and physician groups/companies care beyond equality?

  • Corporations with more diverse boards/leaderships are more profitable 1,2
  • Choo and Dr. Kass have a general approach for best practices for women in a distributable document 3
  • This is not only fair for women, this creates a better work environment for everyone4
  • Better for patient care
    • Example: More women physicians in emergency departments led to increase in survival for MI patients regardless of taken care of by female or male physician4

How did you get involved?

  • Choo
    • Both a researcher and clinician. Similar gender disparities in both so accustomed to the dearth of women within her profession
    • Discouraged throughout beginning of career and even into mid-career with gender barriers
      • Not getting leadership position(s)
      • Not receiving an offer for leadership position
      • Not achieving salary goals
    • National groups provided a community that had shared experiences similar to hers
    • Data aligned with perception of disparities
      • Driven to provide opportunity for women that wasn’t available for her in the beginning of her career
  • Kass
    • Important to understand that this is not a solo endeavor. Progress must be inclusive
    • Strategies for pulling each other up as women? Fight for all women’s issues – even those that aren’t affecting you currently – as those with a particular issue are typically the most vulnerable and may not be able to advocate for themselves in that situation
      • It’s problematic to advise exclusive breast feeding without lactation policies/areas in the ED, major conferences, etc

Additional women in leadership data

  • Greater number of women in leadership positions (>30% of women on board) increase financial performance- Annals of EM 20175
  • Reputation for inclusion helps with recruitment and inclusion of either gender Annals of EM 20175

ACEP’s self-reflection

  • ACEP has acknowledged that they are not as diverse as they would like
  • Created the clinical emergency data registry
    • ongoing gathering of data for racial/gender differences on delivery of care

Dynastical Evolution

  • Choo and Kass met at the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM) meeting
  • Esther Choo ≠ Esther Chen. Classic mix up by Dara
  • Duo is so strong as both are passionate but have varying skillsets
    • Accepting of allowing others to take charge of projects
    • Identify their own strengths
    • Advocate for BUILDING THAT RAFT

References

  1. Hunt , Vivian, et al. “Delivering Through Diversity.” McKinsey & Company, Jan. 2018, mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/organization/our%20insights/delivering%20through%20diversity/delivering-through-diversity_full-report.ashx.
  2. Noland, Marcus, et al. “Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey.” Peterson Institute for International Economics Working Paper Series, Feb. 2016, piie.com/publications/wp/wp16-3.pdf.
  3. Choo, Esther K, et al. “The Development of Best Practice Recommendations to Support the Hiring, Recruitment, and Advancement of Women Physicians in Emergency Medicine.” Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Nov. 2016, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27286760.
  4. Greenwood, Brad N., et al. “Patient–Physician Gender Concordance and Increased Mortality among Female Heart Attack Patients.”PNAS, National Academy of Sciences, 21 Aug. 2018, pnas.org/content/115/34/8569.
  5. Parker, Rebecca Bollinger, et al. “Why Diversity and Inclusion Are Critical to the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Future Success.”Annals of Emergency Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine, June 2017, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28139303.

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