Women in Medicine

Get expertise and support to help advance your career.

TMA and Outside Resources  

• AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) Equity Recruitment Toolkit 
  
• WISELI Gender & Leadership Implicit Association Test
  Take this 5-minute test to test your implicit associations and identify potential biases. Offered through Project Implicit and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute.
  
• Define Yourself! Crafting a Powerful Personal Brand 
  
  

 CME Resources 

• Take Back the Power: Payer Contract Negotiations  
  
• Challenges: Professional Boundaries and Patient Encounters
  
• The Professional Landscape of Women in Medicine
  

Wellness & Stress Management

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• Balance for Life (CME)
• Overpowering Occupational Stress (CME)
• How to Make Stress Your Friend with Kelly McGonigal (TEDTalk)
  

Recommended Reading 

• Reflections on Leadership: Seizing and Embracing Opportunities – Holding up Half the Sky (JAMA Article)
  By Barbara J. Stoll, MD
  
• This Side of Doctoring, Reflections from Women in Medicine 
  Edited by Eliza Lo Chin, MD
  
• How Women Decide
  By Therese Huston
  
• TED Talk: How to Find the Person Who Can Help You Get Ahead at Work
  Carla Harris at TEDWomen 2018

TMA Resources 

• TMA Women Physicians Section
  The Women Physicians Section provides opportunities to network with peers, discuss issues affecting women physicians, and influence TMA policy through representation in the TMA House of Delegates. All female physician members are automatically included in the section. 

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