By Sareh Parangi A few months ago we had the pleasure of having Julie Freischlag (Vice Chancellor of Human Health Sciences and Dean at UC Davis School of Medicine and an AWS member) come and speak ...
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#ILookLikeASurgeon Update
By Dr. Marissa Boek The #ILookLikeASurgeon movement aims to celebrate diversity in surgery to show that a surgeon, in fact, can look like anyone. The response has been overwhelming, awe-inspiring, ...
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Australian Surgeon Nikki Stamp’s Blog
This is a blog you'll want to follow. Dr. Nikki Stamp's August 8th blog post was: Why women in surgery need other women in surgery – #thisiswhatwelooklike and #ilooklikeasurgeon Read it, share it,...
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Translating “Intellectual Capital” into “Career Capital”–What a Coach Can Do for You
By: Janet Bickel “We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.”—Mary Catherine Bateson “Success comes to people who know themselves, learn how to manage and develop themselv...
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Interview on Mentoring with Dr. Angela Neville
by: Dr. Angela Neville, MD and Medical Student Katherine Jeffress, MA, MPH How have mentors positively impacted your career? Mentors have probably most impacted my career by being examples - go...
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Having it all means having good physical, mental and spiritual health, too!
by: Marie-Christine Wright, JD “I’m discovering that women can have it all, just not all at the same time.” If we can’t have it all at the same time, is there always room for wellness, and...
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The Influence of a Mentor
by: Betzy Childers When brainstorming about the role mentoring has played in my life, I realized it provided the answer to a question I have asked myself at various overwhelming and wonderful point...
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Book Announcement: Being a Woman Surgeon
by Jane Zhao, MD Preeti John, MBBS, MPH, FACS, is the editor of Being a Woman Surgeon: Sixty Women Share Their Stories, an anthology of stories and poetry from 60 women surgeons around the country....
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AWS Foundation
By Hilary Sanfey MB. BCh. MHPE. FACS. FRCSI Chair, AWS Foundation Board I have been approached on a number of occasions by young surgeons who begin a conversation with “You won’t remember me B...
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A Different Kind of Mentor
by: Kathryn Hughes, MD, FACS Mentorship in medicine and surgery was not always formally acknowledged and promoted. Today not only is it acknowledged and promoted, but also the importance of mentors...