Thread by @ResaELewissMD

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Amplifying #DrChenHe: "Ultimately, the author questions if trainees and early-career women in academic medicine are simply in a “preinvisible” phase of their careers HT @mcgregormd

MICROINEQUITIES (1/5)
See Me by My Title
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"patients comment on my youthful appearance, my age, and question how long I have been ... about my nice accent (I am American; I grew up in Oklahoma), ask if I’m Korean (no, Chinese)..." HT 🧵@choo_ek

MICROINEQUITIES (2/5)
Follow the Woman Leader
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"I bring a male medical student with me to see a patient or to speak with a consulting physician. There is an automatic assumption that my medical student is the team leader."

MICROINEQUITIES (3/5)
Louder Is Not Better
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" ... a reverence that medical students + residents hold for the words/ opinions of male colleagues...rarely see this applied to female faculty... men are far more visible when it comes to awards and accolades"

MICROINEQUITIES (4/5)
Let Jennifer Grow Up
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"... early career opportunities seemed abundant, the path into midcareer is murkier...Now 6 years into being an EM doc, I recognize the dearth of women in leadership roles ahead of me. "

MICROINEQUITIES (5/5)
The Baby “Problem"
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"...I do not anticipate being any less ambitious, wanting.. less salary, or submitting promotion paperwork in a delayed fashion...having children has disproportionately neg affected the academic careers of women"