Reading Corner
2021 Reading Corner
Month: August Focus: Women's Equality Day (August 26)
Month: July Focus: Gender-Based Differences in LOS Descriptions
- How to Make Your Writing More Gender-Inclusive (N. Shepard, 2019)
- Reducing a Male Bias in Language? Establishing the Efficiency of Three Different Gender-Fair Language Strategies (Lindqvist A, et.al., 2019)
- Linguistic Analysis of Letters of Recommendation for Vascular Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology Applicants Detects Differences in Attributable Strengths Based on Gender (Go C, et.al, 2021)
- Race- and Gender-Based Differences in Descriptions of Applicants in the Letters of Recommendation for Orthopaedic Surgery Residency (Powers A, et.al, 2020)
- Influence of Gender on Surgical Residency Applicants' Recommendation Letters (Turrentine FE, et.al., 2019)
Month: June Focus: Pride Month
- An LGBTQIA+ Symposium to Improve Care for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (Elkin B, et. al., 2021)
- AAMC Sexual & Gender Minority Health Resources
- ‘This deserves our attention.’ New data highlight LGBTQ scientists’ workplace challenges (Langin K, 2021)
- CWIMS Comprehensive Gender Care Panel - Further Learning Resources
Month: May Focus: National Women's Health Week
Month: April Focus: NASEM Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
- Year 1 Annual Report
- Academic Department Sexual Harassment Prevention Toolkit - UC, Berkeley
- NASEM Sexual Harassment Collaborative Repository
Check out our CWIMS article repository for more.
Month: March Focus: International Women’s Day
Month: February Focus: We Rise | Building Up Toolkit highlights on Power
Month: January Focus: Mentoring
- “A Good Career Choice for Women”: Female Medical Students’ Mentoring Experiences: A Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study (Levine R, et.al. 2013)
- Difficult Issues in Mentoring: Recommendations on Making the “Undiscussable” Discussable (Bickel J, Rosenthal, S, 2011)
- Feature: Mentoring Systems: Benefits and Challenges of Diverse Mentoring Partnerships (Bland C. Taylor, A. Shollenberger, S. 2019)
2020 Reading Corner
Month: December Focus: Clinical Work-life Integration and Wellbeing
- Understanding the Medical Marriage: Physicians and Their Partners Share Strategies for Success (Perlman, R, Ross, P, Lypson, M, 2015)
- Seeking Balance: The Complexity of Choice-Making Among Academic Surgeons (Brown, J, Fluit, M, Lent, B, Herbert, C, 2011)
- Is That Your Pager or Mine: A Survey of Women Academic Family Physicians in Dual Physician Families (Schrager, S, Kolan, A, Dottl, S, 2007)
Month: November Focus: Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)
- The missing trans women of science, medicine, and global health ( Arjee J Restar, Don Operario, 2019)
- Being a Transgender Medical Student: One Medical School’s Response (AAMC, Elizabeth Staib, 2019)
- Teaching Gender Identity and Transgender Health with David Malebranche (AAMC, 2015)
- Transgender Awareness Week (GLAAD)
Month: October Focus: Status of women & Girls in Minnesota
Month: September Focus: Women in Medicine Month
- AAMC Women as Medical Educators
- AAMC Women as Physicians
- AAMC Women as Biomedical Scientists
- AAMC Women as Leaders in Academic Medicine
Month: August Focus: Women's Equality Day (Commemorating the passage of the 19th Amendment)
Month: July Focus: Intersections of Disability and Gender Identity in Academic Medicine
- Paving the way for physicians with disabilities (Stacy Weiner, 2019)
- Health Disparities at the Intersection of Disability and Gender Identity (DREDF, 2018)
- Understanding Disability Bias in Medicine (Camilla Curren, 2018)
- An Introduction to Race, Gender, and Disability: Intersectionality, Disability Studies, and Families of Color (Liat Ben-Moshe and Sandy Magaña, 2014)
Month: July Focus: Intersections of Disability and Gender Identity in Academic Medicine
- Paving the way for physicians with disabilities (Stacy Weiner, 2019)
- Health Disparities at the Intersection of Disability and Gender Identity (DREDF, 2018)
- Understanding Disability Bias in Medicine (Camilla Curren, 2018)
- An Introduction to Race, Gender, and Disability: Intersectionality, Disability Studies, and Families of Color (Liat Ben-Moshe and Sandy Magaña, 2014)
Month: June Focus: Gender Minority in Academic Medicine
- Queer Frontiers in Medicine: A Structural Competency Approach (Cameron A Donald et.al. 2017)
- Implicit Bias Against Sexual Minorities in Medicine: Cycles of Professional Influence and the Role of the Hidden Curriculum (Keisa Fallin-Bennett, 2015)
- "Progress in Medicine Is Slower to Happen": Qualitative Insights Into How Trans and Gender Nonconforming Medical Students Navigate Cisnormative Medical Cultures at Canadian Training Programs (Kat Butler, Adryen Yak, Albina Veltman)
- Perspectives on Academic Mentorship From Sexual and Gender Minority Students Pursuing Careers in the Health Sciences (Ian W Holloway, et.al, 2019)
- Creating a Welcoming Environment for Sexual and Gender Minority Students (Anne Daul,et.al, 2016)
Month: May Focus: Exploring Gender Impacts of COVID-19
- Data 2x - Gender and Data Resources Related to COVID-19
- UNICEF - Gender equality during COVID-19: 5 ideas for action
- UN Women - Resource Site – In Focus: gender equality matters in COVID-19 response
- UN Women - Infographic: The Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women and Girls and COVID-19
Month: April Focus: Gender Equity World Wide During COVID-19
- In Focus: Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response (UNWomen)
- COVID-19 In Latin America and the Caribbean: How to Incorporate Women and Gender Equity in the Management of the Crisis Response (UNWomen)
- Paying attention to women’s needs and leadership will strengthen COVID-19 response (UNWome
Month: March Focus: Women in Medicine and Science Throughout History
- Timeline of women in medicine (AMA)
- Who Am I? Twelve Notable Women in Medical History (NLM in focus)
- 9 Famous Female Doctors That Changed the World (M.Giuliani)
- The Untold History of Women in Science and Technology (ObamaWhitehouseArchives)
- 10 most influential women in history of science and medicine (M.Ellis)
Month: February Focus: Women of Color in Academic Medicine and Science
2019 Reading Corner
Month: December Focus: Gender and Leadership
- Gender-related differences in the pathway to and characteristics of U.S. medical school deanships.(White. FS, et.al)
- Women as Physician Leaders.(Cajigal, S. et. al)
Month: November Focus: GWIMS Toolkits
Month: October 2019 Focus: Gender Equity in Peer Reviews
- Are gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agency (H. Witteman et. al.)
- Promoting gender equity in grant making: What can a funder do? (S.N. Escobar Alvarex, et. al)
- Gender and funding success (S. Appel-Cresswell, et. al.)
- Funders should evaluate projects, not people (J. Raymon, M. Goodman)
Month: September 2019 Focus: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Intelligence for Physician Leaders (T.A. James Travis)
- A Systematic Review of Physician Leadership and Emotional Intelligence (L.J. Mintz, J.K. Stoller)
- Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership Style: A Gender Comparison (B. Mandell, S. Pherwani)
Month: August 2019 Focus: Sponsorship and Breaking the Glass Ceiling
- Academic Medicine Needs More Women Leaders (E.L. Travis)
- Sponsorship: A Path to the Academic Medicine C-Suite for Women Faculty? (E.L. Travis, L. Doty, D.L. Helitzer)
- Rational and Models for Career Advancement Sponsorship in Academic Medicine: The Time Is Here; the Time Is Now (A.S. Gottlieb, E. Travis)
- Sponsorship 101: Finding and Leveraging Sponsorship for Career Development (M. Stiegler)
Month: July 2019 Focus: The Role of Gender on Burnout
- Gender-Based Differences in Burnout: Issues Faced by Women Physicians (Templeton K., et. al.))
- Organizational climate with gender equity and burnout among university academics in Japan (Taka F., et. al.)
- Gender differences in workload and self-perceived burnout in a multinational company from Bucharest (AniĠei*a M., Chraifa M., IoniĠăa E.)
- The contribution of work characteristics, home characteristics and gender to burnout in medical residents (Verweij H., et. al.)
Month: June 2019 Focus: "Male Ally"
- How Men Can Excel as Mentors of Women (Bickel J)
- “We for She”: Mobilising Men and Women to Act in Solidarity for Gender Equality(Subašić E, et. al.)
- Allies Against Sexism: The Role of Men in Confronting Sexism (Drury B.J., Kaiser C.R.)
- Engaging Men to Support Women in Science, Medicine, and Global Health (Ratele D.P., et. al.)
- How Men Can Become Better Allies to Women (Johnson B.W., Smith D.G.)
Month: May 2019 Focus: Gender and voice
- Vocal Fry May Undermine the Success of Young Women in the Labor Market. Anderson, Rindy C. et al.
- The Sound of Power: Conveying and Detecting Hierarchical Rank Through Voice. Sei Jin Ko et.al
- Perceptions of Competence, Strength, and Age Influence Voters to Select Leaders with Lower-Pitched Voices. Klofstad, Casey A et al.
- Power Posing: Brief Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance. Carney, Dana R. et al.
Month: April 2019 Focus: Micro-inequities in Medicine
- Micro-inequities in Medicine. Molina, Rose L. et al.
- Creating a Culture of Micro-Affirmation to Overcome Gender-Based Micro-Inequities in Academic Medicine. Silver, Julie K. et al.