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Barriers have existed for female physicians since the first woman was accepted into medical school. In  2016, nearly 46% of medical school graduates were women, yet women physicians remain underrepresented in leadership roles, both in and out of academia.

The focus of this summit is to identify barriers women physicians face in the medical field and create action plans that can be executed at both the local and national level. During the two-day summit, we will facilitate breakout sessions and presentations given by diverse women from various specialties and institutions to deliver evidence-based talks and present tools and solutions to be utilized in working towards fixing the system and closing the gender gap across all specialties. We want to empower women physicians with the tools they need towards changing the system at their home institutions and in their specialty specific organizations.
This summit will be planned and executed by a steering committee comprised of physicians from each of the major academic institutions in Chicago, with endorsements from local and national organizations.

The Summit is a unification of women physicians, with the common goal of finding and implementing solutions to gender inequity.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Advocate for the advancement of women in medicine;
• Cite evidence-based data and peer-reviewed studies relating to gender equity, equality, and implicit bias;
• Identify impostor phenomenon, describe and implement strategies to overcome this phenomenon;
• Recognize barriers existing for women physicians and create constructive solutions to be implemented for systemic change;
• Develop leadership skills for career development and tools to help create programming at other institutions;
• Describe the differences between sponsorship, mentorship, coaching and the utility of each.

CME INFORMATION

This activity is designated for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

In support of improving patient care, Rush University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.