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Wowza. Today's Grand Rounds with @reshmajagsi addressing #genderequity in academic medicine was pure 🔥🔥🔥.

Hard to capture the absolute tour-de-force talk...but here are a few pearls.

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Dr. Jagsi started with reviewing the absolute dearth of women in #leadership positions within academic medicine. Term limits may be part of the solution: at current rate, medical students now (>50% women) will be retired before we see gender parity.

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And it’s not just #leadership positions --> there are large gender inequities in research authorship, editorial positions, grants, and salaries.

This is IRRESPECTIVE of institution, speciality, type of K-award, parental status, etc.

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Why do these inequities exist? Dr. Jagsi highlighted multiple systemic causes ranging from unconscious bias, gendered social norms, institutional policies that disproportionately penalize women physicians, and harassment.

cc: @L_VigliantiMD @nate_houchens @LiliaCortina

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So what can we do about gender inequity in academic medicine?

Our single favorite take-home point: “Don’t fix women, fix the systems”. 👏👏👏

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Solutions must be multilevel and comprehensive: stronger sexual harassment data/policies, mentoring programs, transparent/consistent evaluation and promotion criteria, support for physician mothers, and ultimately, a cultural transformation.

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Thank you, @reshmajagsi, for such a motivating talk and your leadership in this area. So much to be done...lets get to work!

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