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Representation of Women Among Academic Grand Rounds Speakers.

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This study sought to determine whether women’s representation as GR speakers reflects their representation in academic medical workforces.
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Representation of Women Among Academic Grand Rounds Speakers Grand rounds (GR), a time-honored method of disseminating clinical and research knowledge to medical audiences, showcases speakers as successful academic role models. Exposure to successful female role models, such as GR speakers, may positively affect the retention of women in academic medicine.1,2 In the present study, we sought to determine whether women’s representation as GR speakers reflects their representation in academic medical workforces.

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Gender-Stereotypic Images of Occupations Correspond to the Sex Segregation of Employment

TL;DR: This paper examined the role of gender stereotypes in justifying the social system by maintaining the division of labor between the sexes and found that, to the extent that occupations were female dominated, feminine personality or physical attributes were thought more essential for success, while males were male dominated, masculine personality or cognitive attributes were more essential.
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Ten Simple Rules to Achieve Conference Speaker Gender Balance

TL;DR: Ten simple rules to achieve conference speaker gender balance: give women scientists a platform to present their research and limit the diversity of thought and the opportunities for innovation.
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Serving as a physician role model for a diverse population of medical learners.

TL;DR: The results of this study should draw attention to issues related to physicians serving as role models for diverse medical learners and may serve as a stimulus for teaching physicians to consider a broader range of options for successful interactions with medical learners who are different from them.
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Achieving Speaker Gender Equity at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting

TL;DR: The experience with the ASM General Meeting shows that it is possible to increase the participation of female speakers in a relatively short time and suggests concrete steps that may be taken to achieve this at other meetings.
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