Newsletters and Articles
Effects of Disruptive Surgeon Behavior in the Operating Room Although disruptive physician behavior is widely considered a source of concern in the patient care environment, surgeons have been the specialty most commonly identified as ‘‘disruptive physicians.’’ This conduct distracts… Read More
Career Development for Academic Medicine – A Nine Step Strategy Academic medicine depends upon talented and vibrant faculty members, but reports of difficulties in recruiting to academic posts in the United Kingdom,1 and career dissatisfaction in the United States, 2… Read More
Unconscious Bias in Faculty and Leadership Recruitment: A Literature Review Although women and minorities have made significant strides in achieving equality in the workplace, they are still underrepresented in the upper strata of organizations, including senior faculty and leadership positions… Read More
ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine How many times have we as teachers been confronted with situations in which we really were not sure what to do? We “flew by the seat of our pants,” usually… Read More
A Medical Educator’s Guide to #MedEd Twitter is a growing social media platform in medical education. This forum is facilitated by the use of hashtag(#). Read More
Discovering Your Authentic Leadership During the past 50 years, leadership scholars have conducted more than 1,000 studies in an attempt to determine the definitive styles, characteristics, or personality traits of great leaders. None of… Read More
Dr. Harriet W. Hopf, M.D. receives an award! Dr. Harriet W. Hopf, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology, received the University of Utah’s Linda K. Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women last month. https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/fostering-womens-growth-and-achievement/ Read More
Topics and toolkits for planning a successful local WIA Meeting 1) Sexism in science: peer editor tells female researchers their study needs a male author. 2) Women in Medicine - Then and Now. 3) Likeability vs respectability. Read More