Resource topic: Society and Culture
Bias for Miles: Discussing Gender Bias in Qualitative Resident Feedback

In the following FeminEM podcast, the hosts are joined by Dr. Anna Mueller and Dr. Vinny Arora of the University of Chicago. They discuss their recent paper, Gender...

Podcast
Sex, gender, and health: the need for a new approach

The past two decades have seen considerable activism by women to improve the quality of their health and health care. Recently men too have begun to draw attention...

Briefs and Summaries
Universal problems during residency: abuse and harassment

The following study investigates mistreatment among resident doctors in Japan, through a multi-institutional, cross-sectional survey conducted at 37 hospitals....

Article
3 Steps to Avoid Giving Biased Feedback

The following article, published in the New York Times, discusses the importance of being aware of one's unconscious biases when giving effective feedback. Biased...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Gender Differences in Attending Physicians’ Feedback to Residents: A Qualitative Analysis.

There exists a gender gap in the evaluations of emergency medicine (EM) residents' competency on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)...

Article
To Fight Burnout, Organize

The following article examines the link between marginalized patients and clinician burnout by emphasizing the social determinants of health and burnout which often...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Why Medicine Leads the Professions in Suicide, and What We Can Do About It

The following article discusses the prevalence of burnout, depression, and suicide among physicians, who have faced increasing clerical burden in the past decade....

Article
“I would never want to have a mental health diagnosis on my record”: A Survey of female physicians on mental health diagnosis, treatment, and reporting.

Most state medical boards require the disclosure of mental health problems on physician licensing applications. The following study investigates the consequences of...

Report
What’s Holding Women in Medicine Back from Leadership

The following article, published in Harvard Business Review, discusses the dearth of women in leadership roles in the medical field and identifies several factors...

Article
Sexual Harassment in Medical Schools: The Challenge of Covert Retaliation as a Barrier to Reporting

The following literature review from the Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges examines the prevalence of sexual harassment in medical schools...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
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