Education and Career News
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America’s 21st Century Healthcare Challenge Will Be Met by Women
We need to change the way we think and act on care: who provides it, and what it’s worth.
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Meet the Unsung Heroes of Healthcare
It’s been said that nurses dispense comfort, compassion and caring without a prescription. Further, they are drivers of change and development in care facilities.
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Why Healthcare Needs More Women Leaders
Women make up more than half of the healthcare industry. So why is it they're still being denied leadership roles?
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We’ve Reached 50 Percent. Now What?
In 2017 women represented more than half of incoming medical students for the first time. What future awaits these idealistic students, and their patients, when they have completed training and are in practice?
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How Women Are Leading Public Health in the Nation’s Capital
Around the world, women comprise more than 75 percent of the health workforce in many countries but occupy the top health post in just 28 percent of World Health Organization countries. In fact, the majority of health administrators, health-sector CEOs and deans are men.
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What’s Driving the Leadership Gap in Healthcare?
Women make up the bulk of the healthcare workforce, but so few are in top leadership roles. What gives?
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To Make STEM Less of a Boy’s Club, Encourage Young Girls and Women
Early life moments influence young girls’ educational plans and career pursuits in STEM fields.
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The Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health on the Benefits of Diversity in Medicine
The long-time physician and researcher discusses the setbacks women face and the institutions and initiatives bringing about gender parity in medicine.
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Changing the Climate in the O.R. Starts in the Classroom
Providing women in medical school with ample role models and necessary support is crucial to bringing about gender equity in the surgical field.
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If You’re Skilled, Passionate, and Committed, You’d Make a Great Vascular Surgeon
Though a famously difficult field, vascular surgery demands a high level of skill and emotional intelligence. That said, it is also an intensely rewarding career path.