Jillian Bybee, MD (she/her) Profile picture
#PedsICU Intensivist juggling medicine & life. GME Wellness Director/Peds APD. Educator, speaker, advocate for #MentalHealth and #WomenInMedicine. Opinions mine
Sep 1, 2022 6 tweets 7 min read
1/ TW: Suicide

September is #WomeninMedicine and #SuicidePreventionAwarenessMonth. Female physicians continue to have a significantly higher suicide completion rate than the general population.

@AMWADoctors @WIMSummit @500WIM @AMWAStudents @AmerAcadPeds @acgme @APPDconnect 2/ One of the first steps toward ⬇️this is eliminating the #shame culture in medicine that keeps so many people suffering in silence when they experience #depression.