scholarly journals Expanding Opportunities for Professional Development: Utilization of Twitter by Early Career Women in Academic Medicine and Science

10.2196/11140 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. e11140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime D Lewis ◽  
Kathleen E Fane ◽  
Angela M Ingraham ◽  
Ayesha Khan ◽  
Anne M Mills ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Academic Medicine ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Career Women ◽  
Women In Academic Medicine

scholarly journals Expanding Opportunities for Professional Development: Utilization of Twitter by Early Career Women in Academic Medicine and Science (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime D Lewis ◽  
Kathleen E Fane ◽  
Angela M Ingraham ◽  
Ayesha Khan ◽  
Anne M Mills ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Medicine ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Senior Faculty ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Career Women ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Women In Academic Medicine

UNSTRUCTURED The number of women entering medical school and careers in science is increasing; however, women remain the minority of those in senior faculty and leadership positions. Barriers contributing to the shortage of women in academics and academic leadership are numerous, including a shortage of role models and mentors. Thus, achieving equity in a timelier manner will require more than encouraging women to pursue these fields of study or waiting long enough for those in the pipelines to be promoted. Social media provides new ways to connect and augments traditional forms of communication. These alternative avenues may allow women in academic medicine to obtain the support they are otherwise lacking. In this perspective, we reflect on the role of Twitter as a supplemental method for navigating the networks of academic medicine. The discussion includes the use of Twitter to obtain (1) access to role models, (2) peer-to-peer interactions, and continuous education, and (3) connections with those entering the pipeline—students, trainees, and mentees. This perspective also offers suggestions for developing a Twitter network. By participating in the “Twittersphere,” women in academic medicine may enhance personal and academic relationships that will assist in closing the gender divide.

scholarly journals Systems of Career Influences: A Conceptual Model for Evaluating the Professional Development of Women in Academic Medicine

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 1244-1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Magrane ◽  
Deborah Helitzer ◽  
Page Morahan ◽  
Shine Chang ◽  
Katharine Gleason ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Academic Medicine ◽  
Women In Academic Medicine

Stories From Early-Career Women Physicians Who Have Left Academic Medicine: A Qualitative Study at a Single Institution

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 752-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel B. Levine ◽  
Fenny Lin ◽  
David E. Kern ◽  
Scott M. Wright ◽  
Joseph Carrese
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Academic Medicine ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Women Physicians ◽  
Single Institution ◽  
Career Women

Does gender really matter? A closer look at early career women in construction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Rita Peihua Zhang ◽  
Sarah Holdsworth ◽  
Michelle Turner ◽  
Mary Myla Andamon
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
Career Women

Gender Distribution among Transplant Journal Editorial Members: A Call to Empower Women in Academic Medicine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Hui Lim ◽  
Jingxuan Quek ◽  
Phoebe Wen Lin Tay ◽  
Cheng Han Ng ◽  
Vathsala Anantharaman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Medicine ◽  
Gender Distribution ◽  
Journal Editorial ◽  
Women In Academic Medicine

scholarly journals Learning to Thrive: Building Diverse Scientists’ Access to Community and Resources through the BRAINS Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. ar49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Margherio ◽  
M. Claire Horner-Devine ◽  
Sheri J. Y. Mizumori ◽  
Joyce W. Yen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Weak Sense ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Long Term Impact

BRAINS: Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience is a National Institutes of Health–funded, national program that addresses challenges to the persistence of diverse early-career neuroscientists. In doing so, BRAINS aims to advance diversity in neuroscience by increasing career advancement and retention of post-PhD, early-career neuroscientists from underrepresented groups (URGs). The comprehensive professional development program is structured to catalyze conversations specific to URGs in neuroscience and explicitly addresses factors known to impact persistence such as a weak sense of belonging to the scientific community, isolation and solo status, inequitable access to resources that impact career success, and marginalization from informal networks and mentoring relationships. While we do not yet have data on the long-term impact of the BRAINS program on participants’ career trajectory and persistence, we introduce the BRAINS program theory and report early quantitative and qualitative data on shorter-term individual impacts within the realms of career-advancing behaviors and career experiences. These early results suggest promising, positive career productivity, increased self-efficacy, stronger sense of belonging, and new perspectives on navigating careers for BRAINS participants. We finish by discussing recommendations for future professional development programs and research designed to broaden participation in the biomedical and life sciences.

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