Thread by @RUBraveEnough

Medicine: I am concerned. I coach/speak/lead tens of thousands of women physicians.

In the last 3 yrs, I am seeing so many leaders, experts, talented clinicians,& innovators leave medicine.

After decades of training - they leave.

What is most shocking: they tried to stay.👇

2)I know men leave medicine, too. Truth: I know more women who have left.

They are not leaving medicine bc they don't want to work hard.

I repeat: Not one of these women have left medicine bc they are not hard workers.

Many have left because they do not feel valued.👇

3)Women physicians leave medicine bc they are discounted. Because they are undervalued. Because they have an idea, to HELP medicine, & they are ignored. Because they are innovators, or creatives, & their ideas "do not fit".

Aren't we supposed to innovate & create in med?👇

4)Women physicians leave because despite achieving & being talented, they are overlooked for roles & promotions.

They leave bc they are entrepreneurs & no one understands how to partner with them.

They leave bc of lack of job fit.

They leave because they are marginalized. 👇

5)Most terrifying to me: young women physicians, who have trained for YEARS, undergone superspec fellowships, learned highly skilled procedures, & are leaving medicine in less than 5 yrs.

Heart. Breaking. To. Me.

I❤️medicine. I want to stop the hemorrhage of talent & expertise.

6)I do not know 1 woman physician who just left, unannounced. Every 1 of them tried to be part of the solution. Tried to incorporate her idea, tried to lead. Tried to partner with her institution, leaders &/or partners.

Why aren't we listening? (I say we bc I count myself)👇

7) So, I want to hear solutions. Let's not shut down when someone has a different work idea, role or way to help us in medicine not burnout.

I want us to listen to women, to ALL marginalized people, we work with. I want to hear them when they have an idea. I want to value them.