May-June, 2012
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A bimonthly update to inform you of the current activities of our Academy in an effort to make this organization a strong advocate for women in academic emergency medicine.
Table of Contents In My Opinion - Words of Wisdom from your AWAEM President
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All Work (and Some Play) - Highlights from the Annual Business Meeting
2012 AWAEM Award Winners
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Annual Luncheon Summary - Leadership (Summary of 2 of the 3 tables)
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Available Committees 2012-2013
Annual Meeting Didactic Summary - Career Development
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ANNOUNCEMENTS PROPOSAL ACCEPTED!! AWAEM to organize the Fifteenth Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference on Gender-Specific Research in Emergency Medicine: Investigate, Understand, and Translate How Gender Affects Patient Outcomes See page 3 for more details! Like Us on Facebook - Check it out! See the latest news and tips for the women in academic EM.
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In My Opinion
Words of Wisdom from your AWAEM President By Gloria Kuhn, DO, PhD
Dear Colleagues, This is my first communication with you since assuming the presidency of AWAEM. I will be writing a column for each of our newsletters. I have a certain trepidation at becoming president as I follow in the footsteps of Kathy Clem who really founded and organized AWAEM and Stephanie Abbuhl who led us last year to accomplish the following: a successful didactic series at the SAEM Annual Meeting , a successful application to lead the Consensus Conference in 2014 on Gender Specific Research, expansion of Regional Mentoring during the SAEM Regional Research Conferences, a fabulous newsletter, and an awards process to recognize women achievers. Truly under their stewardship the Academy has engaged in education, research, mentorship, and recognition of achievement. The dreams we dreamed when Glenn Hamilton appointed us to a taskforce to examine the status of women in academic emergency medicine in 2004 have come to fruition. The names of the Chairs of these committees and members who helped them accomplish all of this work are published at the end of this article. Please join me in thanking them for their hard work and success. Now, you may ask, what does Gloria Kuhn plan to accomplish? Well, certainly we will continue our efforts regarding didactics for SAEM, planning of the Consensus Conference, putting out a fabulous newsletter, and mentoring our members, but we are not stopping there! We plan to expand that mentorship with our new Wellness Committee and by going international with a new taskforce, Global Emergency Medicine. We are also reaching out to residents in several ways. We have appointed representatives from the Emergency Medicine Residents Association (Suzanne Bryce, EMRA) and the Resident Student Association (Leanne Wen, RSA) to our Executive Committee as Members-at-Large. Leanne wrote an article published in the March-April edition of AWAEM Awareness and Suzanne has also been invited to contribute to this new column, entitled The Resident’s Corner. Additionally, we have begun a taskforce, the Residents Initiative, to reach out to residents, as they are our future members and leaders. I have asked Stephanie Abbuhl, our immediate PastPresident to be our archivist. She is the most knowledgeable woman I know with respect to literature about issues confronting women, in academics or other careers. We will pass this
knowledge onto you via highlights in the newsletter, on Facebook and on our website. The newsletter continues to be a jewel in our crown. In this issue of the newsletter we have listed all of the committees, both chairs and members. We have also begun publishing the product of the structured discussions held at the annual AWAEM Luncheon, articles written by the facilitators and recorders who led the discussions at each table. This lunch continues to be a great success, and this year there was a waiting list to attend. Thankfully, through the heroic efforts of Holly Gouin, we managed to find room for all the women who wanted to attend. It was fun and educational-a perfect combination. (Just be sure to sign up early next year!) Last but certainly not least, I want to convey how big of a fan I am of the Olympic Games. I am glued to the television to watch these stars compete. So why is this relevant? Because every Olympic contender is a star who could have won but didn’t, just as everyone nominated for an AWAEM award this year is a star who could have won. Therefore, in our newsletter, we will be highlighting every woman who was nominated, not just the winners. When you read about them I know that you will find every one of them a winner, just as our committee members did. As you can see, there is a lot to be done. Get involved with a committee, write a comment for the newsletter, go on facebook and post a comment. Why get involved? You will meet bright, dedicated women, who will offer you friendship, may have encountered problems similar to those you face, and may have solutions you can use. I can’t end this column without reporting the results of the election of the executive committee and listing the names of those women who made AWAEM the smashing success it has become. Gloria Kuhn, President gkuhn@med.wayne.edu Executive Committee President Elect: Esther Choo Vice President: Sue Watts Secretary: Mary Jo Wagner Treasurer: Stacey Poznanski Advisory Pane Members: Jeannette Wolfe Dara Kass Suzanne Bryce, EMRA Member-at-Large (ACEP) Leana Wen RSA Member-at-Large (AAEM)
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Proposal Accepted!! AWAEM to organize the Fifteenth Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference By Marna Greenberg, DO, MPH
The research committee of AWAEM is pleased to The conference is scheduled for announce that our proposal has been accepted for the Fifteenth Wednesday, May 14, 2014 in Dallas Texas Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference so mark your calendars now! on Gender-Specific Research in Emergency Medicine: Investigate, Understand, and Translate How Gender Affects Patient Outcomes. Further information can be directed to either of the AWAEM is the sponsoring group with organizational conference co-chairs: Marna Rayl Greenberg, D.O. ,MPH support from Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network and (marna.greenberg@lvh.com) or Basmah Safdar, MD Yale University School of Medicine. The executive committee (basmah.safdar@yale.edu). for the conference will be focusing their efforts this fiscal year on grant writing and securing funding for the project. There will be an associated call for papers on the topic so interested researchers can begin to consider this content arena for potential participation.
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. Zora Neale Hurston
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All Work (and Some Play) Highlights from the Annual Business Meeting By Mary Jo Wagner, MD
Our Immediate past president, Stephanie Abbuhl, MD started off the meeting reviewing the remarkable second year we have had, which culminated in the outstanding didactic sessions at the SAEM Meeting. This included 2 sessions in the main SAEM agenda as well as a 4 hour Academy Block. She thanked the leadership groups (Executive Committee & Committee Chairs) and gave the Committee Chairs an opportunity to update the group on the successes and upcoming challenges of the committee. This was followed by a “Passing of the Pen” to new president, Gloria Kuhn, and the election of the executive committee. Dr. Kuhn thanked past leaders, reminded us of our mission statement, and encouraged involvement. Committee Highlights E-Communications Stacey Poznanski Success E-newsletter has been going out regularly (every other month) with featured articles, member highlights, and academy updates. A new Facebook page was started as well. Challenges Not all members are receiving the newsletter. One issue is keeping the directory updated, which is difficult when an institution pays dues and don’t add members to specific Academies. The SAEM website continues to undergo changes. Full updated material and access unlikely for the next year. Bakhti Hansoti volunteered pbworks as an option. SAEM Meeting Initiatives Alyson McGregor Success Organized the four hour block of time and the didactics submitted and accepted for Gender specific medicine & Unconscious Bias. Challenges Time to do it all over again for next year! Requesting topic suggestions for 2013 didactics. Regional Mentoring - Angela Fisher reported by Stephanie Abbuhl Success We have divided mentors into senior & junior with representation for eight SAEM regions. Several regional meetings had presence this past year. Challenges
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“Our strength is our members and our future is our medical students and residents.” Gloria Kuhn, DO, PhD AWAEM President, 2012-13
Goal is to have representation at all regional meeting and to have resources and events in addition to this for each region. Guidelines & Policies - Gloria Kuhn Success Made revisions to update current guidelines. Challenges Academies cannot have bylaws nor a constitution. Guidelines are no longer on the website. We can email this to the members who are interested. Awards - Kinjal Sethuraman Success Developed, voted on and presented 3 awards for this year: Research Award, Early Career Award, & Resident Award. Team Health sponsored awards so there is a token monetary benefit for the recipient Hope to add award for excellence in clinical teaching. Challenges There was not enough time this year to concentrate on submitting names for outside awards. Next year we hope to name research awards after Dr. Lala Dunbar. Membership - Stephanie Abbuhl This is an area we’d like to improve in the near future and rethink our approach to reaching additional members. Suggestions included: - a retractable sign for all meetings (student meeting, CORD, regional meetings), - attending Residency Fairs to establish a list of potential members then making direct contact with them (Global Academy has had some success with this) - residency visits by a senior and junior member every other year
- create a slide show (P. Jois has done one for medical students) - connections via regional mentoring committee - letter to Department Chairs requesting time and sponsorship to speak to residents & junior faculty (women faculty?) Medical School Initiatives – Preeti Jois Success We completed a medical student power point for EMIG groups, established a list of family friendly programs. Challenges Would like to establish E-mentoring for students (similar to CDEM) and obtain a Residency Fair spot to showcase our Academy. Research - Marna Grenberg Successful proposal for 2014 Consensus Conference! The topic will be gender specific research in EM. A literature review of all articles on this topic by EM – only 2% report primary outcome by gender, 17% report gender differences, 25% doesn’t report gender at all. There is a much needed promotion of this topic. The needed funding totals $114,000, and discussions were held regarding the approach to obtaining this, such as asking department Chairs to sponsor attendance, and reaching out to federal funding via specific organ diseases.
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Resident Award Bhakti Hansoti, MD, MBchB, BSc
Research Award Karin Rhodes, MD MS
Early Career Award Azita Hamedani, MD MPH
Residency: University of Chicago Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor Department of Medicine University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
Post-residency plans: Fellowship in International Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.Â
Her dedication and enthusiasm are outstanding. Never one to shy away from a project, she is the first to volunteer and is tireless in her efforts. Linda Druelinger, MD
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Primary Research Interest: Intimate Partner Violence
In all these years I have been most impressed by her character, passion, creativity and drive to improve the health of women patients and quality of emergency care. Raina M Merchant, MD MSHP
Division Chief Division of Emergency Medicine, UWSMPH, Madison, WI
She is both a local and national role model in her leadership of Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin. Richard L. Page, M.D.
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Career Development Tailored for Women: Programs for Success By Julie Welch, MD & Stephanie Abbuhl, MD
This session was given as part of the Academy Block at the SAEM Annual Meeting in May with one purpose in mind: to motivate the audience to become involved in a career development program tailored for women in academic medicine either by participation, mentorship, sponsorship, or creation. The current statistics for women in medicine show that despite the promising numbers of women entering medicine, there is a continued underrepresentation of women at rank and leadership positions.1 Explanations of the barriers women face were reviewed and summarized as an accumulation of small barriers over time, akin to “a thousand pounds of feathers.” 2,3,4 Interventions, such as career development programs tailored for women, create avenues to transform a woman’s career progression. These programs provide not only knowledge and skill development, but offer networks of mentors and colleagues. The win-win potential extends from the individuals to the departments and institutions that benefit from recruiting and retaining top talent. Specific career development programs were reviewed in three categories: national, institutional, and departmental. Nationally, the AAMC offers Early Career and Mid-Career Women Faculty Development Seminars. These four day programs are aimed at providing training and skills for women in academic medicine to advance along their career path. Additionally, ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine) is a oneyear national program for women in leadership positions. Several women in AWAEM have attended these courses and attest to their benefit. Further information and the application process can be found online. Two successful institutionally based programs for women in medicine were presented. Dr. Abbuhl described the “FOCUS on Health & Leadership for Women” program she runs at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.5 Dr. Welch discussed the “Women’s Advisory Council” from the Office of Advancement of Women at Indiana University School of Medicine.6 Additionally, participants were encouraged to get involved in the programs offered at their own institutions. The “Indiana University Women in Emergency Medicine Mentoring Program,” was presented as an example of a departmental program.7 And if you are
interested in creating a program at your own institution or department, we outlined seven keys to success in starting your own program. These included: Have a Purpose, Get Buy In, Communicate, Recruit Participants, Double Dip in Scholarship, Plan Funding, Negotiate Time and Resources. Resources: 1. Women in US Academic Medicine and Science: Statistics and Benchmarking Report 2009-2010. 2. Selhat, L. The Goal is Transformation. Penn Medicine. 2011, Winter. 3. Tesch B. Promotion of women physicians in academic medicine. JAMA, 1995. 4. Nonnemaker L. Women physicians in academic medicine: new insights from cohort studies. NEJM, 2000. 5. http://www.med.upenn.edu/focus/ 6. http://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/offices/ow/ index.html 7. http://emergency.medicine.iu.edu/academicdepartment/women-in-em/
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. - Helen Keller
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Annual Luncheon Table Discussion Summary Leadership Roxanne Vrees, Facilitator; Leila Getto, Recorder 1. We discussed the importance of finding balance in your home life as many of us are or will be mothers at some point. 2. Participants agreed that characteristics of a bad leader were essentially the opposite of the above “good leader” characteristics. 3. We agreed that trust is one of the most valued characteristics that people look for in a leader Characteristics of a Good Leader: • Excellent communicator • Having a vision • Passion • Decision making • Willing to take risks • In tune with the needs of “your people”--> supports/guides/ motivates • Motivation • Intelligence • Experience • Interpersonal skills • Ability to learn • Character/Integrity • This latter category is often key to a leader’s success The Six Qs of Leadership • IQ: Intelligence Quotient – how smart you are • TQ: Technical Quotient – how able you are to get things done • MQ: Motivational Quotient – how driven you are to achieve and grow • XQ: eXperience Quotient – how many requisite kinds of experiences you have had • PQ: People Quotient – how well you handle yourself/ interact with others • LQ: Learning Quotient – how readily you adopt new skills, behaviors and beliefs Recommendations for Leadership Dealing with Negativity: • Plan with the individual . Provide with clearly defined goals and expectations, including a timeline • Be willing to part ways – all a part of taking risks • Know your own personality and theirs Dealing with Your Mistakes: • Recognize it • Apologize • Plan for next time • Learn from it • Get feedback about the mistake
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Becoming a Leader: • Look for opportunities • Take a basic course in leadership(see what your institution has to offer) • Meet regularly with members of your team to reinforce expectations, adhere to timelines, etc. • Get others involved- delegate, you can’t do it all on your own and it’s far better to do one or two things very well than many poorly
Alyson McGregor, Facilitator; Keme Carter, Recorder Participants were asked why they had chosen to discuss leadership. Answers included: - I'm interested in developing more leadership skills. - I'm interested in how other people define a "leader." - I am interested in finding out about gender issues as they relate to leadership - I hope to learn how to navigate my new leadership position. - I want to highlight the subtle things that hinder female leaders. - I'm interested in being a better mentor. - I would like to share expertise in developing new/innovative programs and being a leader in a specific area. Women stated their views of good and bad leadership: -Good Leader- builds from the ground up, recognizes skills of others, knows what is happening "in the trenches," generates enthusiasm, prioritizes well, is available, accessible, and approachable, recognizes that mentorship is important, is sensitive to gender differences. -Bad Leader- dictates from the top down, can not relate to people of different backgrounds, has a narrow definition of success, not supportive or encouraging, not trustworthy. Advice from Experienced Leaders - Be aware of the "imposter" syndrome. Women tend to underestimate what they bring to the table. - Women tend to negotiate really well for OTHER people, but do not negotiate well for themselves. A study was discussed that the facilitator had reviewed. Average people were asked if a particular leadership trait would be more typical of a female or male. Some of the results were as follows and many thought these results were surprising: -Honesty- Female -Intelligent- Female -Hardworking- Equal -Decisive- Male -Ambitious- Equal We discussed whether or not there were programs to advance women leaders at our respective institutions. The consensus was that there are programs, but they are underutilized, or there are programs, but are relatively new. Recommended Resources (compiled from both tables) Books: • The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. • Eat that Cookie by Liz Jazwiec. • Play like a Man, win like a Woman by Gail Evans • Hardball for Women by Pat Heim • In the Company of Women by Pat Heim • Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide by Linda Babcock and SaraLaschever Course: B.E.S.T. Communication strategies training program which allows you to identify your communication style as well as that of your patients and colleagues
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Available Committees for 2012-2013 Time to get involved! If you are interested in helping with any of these committees, as a member or possibly leadership role, please e-mail the Chair so you can be included. If you do not hear from the Chair within a week (or no Chair is listed) please contact Gloria Kuhn, DO (gkuhn@med.wayne.edu) as sometimes messages do get lost in the cyberspace of e-mail land. We need people like you to keep AWAEM a success!! AWAEM Guidelines & Policies Chair: Esther Choo echomd@gmail.com Co-Chair: Sue Watts Awards Chair: Kinjal Sethuraman kinjal.sethuraman@gmail.com Co-Chair: Priya Kuppusamy Mentor: Michelle Biros E-Communications Chair: Stacey Poznanski stacey.poznanski@gmail.com Co-Chair: Leila Getto Mentor: Gloria Kuhn
Research Chair: Marna Greenberg: mrgdo@ptd.net Co-Chairs: Esther Choo, Julie Welch, Basmah Safdar SAEM Meeting Initiatives Chair: Alyson McGregor amcgregormd@gmail.com Co-Chairs: Esther Choo, Preeti Jois, Basmah Safdar, Julie Welch, Jeannette Wolfe, Tracy Madsen
Medical School Initiatives Chair: Keme Carter kcarter@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu Membership Chair: Neha Raukar nraukar@gmail.com Co-Chair: Tracy Sanson
Regional Mentoring Chair: Angela Fisher Past Chair & Mentor: Linda Druelinger ldruelin@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu Past Mentor: Kerry Broderick
Wellness Chair: Dara Kass darakass@gmail.com Resident Initiatives Taskforce: Co-Chairs: Michelle Lall & Ciera Barclay-Buchanan Leana Wen (Resident RSA), Suzanne Bryce (Resident RSA) Global Emergency Medicine Taskforce Chair: Bhakti Hansoti
“I’m a woman of very few words, but lots of action.”
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Mae West
Many Photos found via Google Images. For a list of Photo Credits, please contact Stacey Poznanski, DO at stacey.poznanski@gmail.com