This article is a quick read on the use of the word 'abrasive' in women's performance evaluations. Used at a shockingly higher rate for women than men, this term connotes negativity and something that is attributable to the woman's personality, rather than behavioral specifics that can change.

Female residents are often given conflicting and biased feedback based on societal expectations, particularly in response to utilizing stereotypically "masculine" behaviors such as decisiveness, confidence, etc. This commentary on a recent finding that female EM residents consistently have lower milestone evaluations than the male residents, urges both program directors and physician instructors to give and interpret feedback with a gender-lens, identifying what feedback is likely due to bias, and attempting to self-police for providing biased feedback to residents.

In this short read detailing the significant gender pay gap in medicine, the writer recommends systematizing pay equity for new residency graduates, paired with regular audits to ensure equity in compensation for physicians.

"In this short read, issues surrounding the pay gap in medicine are explained. The article explores some of the nuances, including that women may work less hours, especially during child rearing years, and overall choose less lucrative specialties. Yet, even with these issues, there are frank examples of unequal pay. Good primer for going passed the sound bites related to the pay gap.

This episodes explores the nuances of the pay gap with Harvard Economics professor, Dr. Claudia Goldin. Dr. Goldin has dedicated her career to understanding the pay gap. She acknowledges the role of discrimination but also explains how discrimmination alone does not account for the gap. She discusses that sometimes women choose positions with less monetary compensation but more flexibility. She also discusses that the focus on women being poor negotiatiors doesn't hold up to scrutiny either. Be prepared for many pay gap myths to be fully debunked. Listening to this episode will make you more aware of how to view your salary individuality and how to really close the gap.

Medicine remains a field where gender-based harassment is rife, fostering further disparities in compensation, advancement and opportunity for women. This article collectively sums up how a "Time's Up" in healthcare would change the structure, processes and outcomes in healthcare organizations, leading to global changes that would mitigate gender-based harassment and discrimination.

This NEJM article provides a quick review of gender-based disparities in medicine and steps institutions can take to close the gaps.

A look at metadata from sensors worn by men and women in the workplace revelas that there are very few differences in the behaviors or men and women. Rather, gender bias is the reason for inequity. Rather than telling women to change, companies should focus on reducing bias in the workplace.

Despite controlling for various factors that may influence faculty rank, does a gender bias exist academic medicine? This article, based on a cross-sectional review of statistics on Doximity.com finds that female academic EM physicians are less likely than men to hold rank of professor.

Touching on the highlights of Women in the Workplace 2018, a study conducted by McKinsey in partnership with LeanIn.Org, this article looks at why progress towards gender diversity in the workplace has stalled.

Women in medicine continue to experience disparities in earnings, promotion, and leadership roles. There are few guidelines in place defining organization-level factors that promote a supportive workplace environment beneficial to women in emergency medicine (EM). This document outlines best practice recommendations to support women's professional development in both community and academic EM settings.

In this YouTube recorded lecture, one of the luminaries and top researchers of WIM movement, Dr. Esther Choo, reviews the evidence of gender-based career disparities in medicine. It's a worthwhile overview of this issue.

This podcast explores the (dis)parity of women in medicine, ideas around mentorship and sponsorship, the fact that we ask women to continually shoulder the burden of 'leaning in', and the doctors discuss ways to manage it all through the lens of a case study. It's an hour - but worth the listen on a commute or during an exercise session.