Webinar - Overcoming Obstacles to Advancement for Women in Medicine

While advances have been made regarding gender inequality in medicine, obstacles to career advancement for women still exist. Women physicians are often paid less and achieve less recognition than men for the equivalent work. Women have fewer leadership roles in academia and are passed over for tenure more frequently than their male counterparts. Women have gender-specific issues that impact career advancement and these issues may not be recognized or addressed by traditional academic institutions. We believe that developing strategies to facilitate the career advancement of women in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (PHO) should be an important goal of ASPHO and PHO programs in general.

This webinar will present data regarding gender inequality in medicine and include real-life scenarios that women have faced and overcome in their own medical careers. We hope to initiate a discussion of gender inequality within PHO, and assist the audience in formulating realistic and impactful solutions to issues that affect women in medicine. Our ultimate goal is to develop ideas, recommendations and potential strategies to facilitate career advancement for women in PHO.

Learning Objectives:

• Review the economic and academic status of women in PHO
• Review gender differences in compensation, promotion, and leadership
• Identify implicit bias and other obstacles facing women in PHO
• Recognize the effect of impostor syndrome on advancement
• Distinguish between mentorship and sponsorship
• Discuss potential pathways for women to reach success in academics