Introduction

According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, women comprise 35.5% of current Emergency Medicine residents, but only 3.6% of emergency physicians in practice. Approximately one-quarter of faculty in Emergency Medicine at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels are women, but only 12% at the Full Professor level. 38% of faculty hired by U.S. medical schools in 2005 were women (AAMC, 2006). The mission of the Mentoring Women interest group is to inspire, encourage, and assist these women in realizing their professional and personal aspirations. (posted 2007).

Join this Interest Group

The Mentoring Women interest group is dedicated to inspiring, encouraging, and enabling women in academic Emergency Medicine to realize their professional and personal goals by:

• Providing networking opportunities for women at local and national levels.
• Opportunities for mentoring, to learn from one another’s experiences.
• Enhancing and encouraging interaction among women in academic Emergency Medicine through the interest group list-serve and other venues.
• Facilitating collaboration in research, teaching, and other professional engagements for mutual benefit and career enhancement.
• Assessing the needs of junior faculty to provide resources and support personal and professional development.