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ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 07 – July 2020References
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Dr. Chary is a Harvard-affiliated PGY-3 emergency medicine resident.
Dr. Cleveland is assistant professor of emergency medicine at Boston University School of Medicine.
Dr. Dadabhoy is a Harvard-affiliated PGY-3 emergency medicine resident.
Dr. Molina is a PGY-3 Harvard-affiliated emergency medicine resident.
Dr. Samuels-Kalow is assistant professor of emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Landry is assistant professor of emergency medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
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3 Responses to “‘It’s Not a Female Resident Problem’”
August 2, 2020
AAHow about “It’s not a racial minority / LGBTQ / *other resident problem”? Same solutions?
August 2, 2020
shari engstromExcellent summary of a real problem. I have been practicing Emergency Medicine for 30 years and this issue has been persistently pervasive and still affects patient care in my ED.
August 3, 2020
Samara Kester, DOIt’s not just a female resident problem, it’s a female attending problem, as well. I’ve been in practice as an ED physician for 30 years. In residency, I’ve been overspoken by male residents, I’ve been body-checked by another surgery resident when attempting to place a chest tube, I and the other female residents were told that we were too assertive. There are many, many more examples. I have learned to call out these actions now, face-to-face when there’s been an issue with my gender. It comes with being down the road a bit and not worrying about repercussions. But how just it that, to have to learn to handle it? Or to have to still after all these years even being subjected to it? In reality, it’s not a female problem. It’s a cultural problem of long-standing. Progress it slow in coming. Be strong. I stand with you.