By Camila R. Guetter, MD MPH The Internet and social media have expanded our ways to communicate and interact with one another. In medicine and research, the Internet facilitates discussions and scie...
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Tweetchatting 101
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Oct 2022
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Not What I Planned, More than I Expected
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Mar 2020
It was approaching 3:30 pm in the afternoon as I sat finishing up progress notes for the day. As I looked at my watch, I felt the feeling of dread start to creep in. At any moment I w...
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The Token Foreigner
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Feb 2020
By Patricia Martinez Quinones “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Imagine receiving an email that you have been selec...
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Global Surgery: what is the surgeon’s role?
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Feb 2019
By Gita Mody and Virginia Litle According to the Lancet’s Commission on Global Surgery, five billion people lack access to safe surgical care worldwide. This lack in healthcare equity exists despit...
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Happy Five Year Anniversary, AWS Blog!
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Nov 2018
By Jane Zhao It has been FIVE years since we launched the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS): Inspiring & Encouraging Women Surgeons Blog. AWS launched the blog during a time when there were Z...
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Do you dare to be you?
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Oct 2018
By Dr. Jaime D. Lewis Do you dare to be you? Have you taken a chance on yourself to live out your dreams? To be true to the voices inside your heart? When was the last time you trul...
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Meet the Association of Women Surgeons Blog Team
05
Jul 2018
The AWS Blog publishes material that is curated and edited to be relevant to our membership. We encourage discussion about issues faced by our membership. Our blog serves as a forum for our members to...
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Summertime Safety
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Jun 2018
As a trauma surgeon, there are days of the year that we know will be busy calls. New Year’s Eve, Halloween, and the upcoming Fourth of July. It’s a good reminder that we all need to be safe and...
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The Leadership Gap in Surgery
12
Jun 2018
[caption id="attachment_16785" align="alignleft" width="300"] Figure 1- Thoracic Surgery Pipeline[/caption] As more women medical students choose general surgery and surgical subspecialties as a ca...
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The AWS Coaching Project
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Jun 2018
When I started my residency 7 years ago, not many people talked about physician depression, suicide, or burnout. It was like a dirty word, there, but hidden beneath the surface as many suffered sile...
