“Young” Mothers in Academic Family Medicine: Simultaneous Personal and Professional Development for Junior Faculty Julie Taylor, MD, MSc + Sue Magee, MD, MPH Dept. of Family Medicine, Brown Medical School STFM Annual Meeting, April 30th, 2006

GOAL To empower current (and future) junior women faculty in family medicine who have young families with strategies for successful and productive lives and careers.

OBJECTIVES Attendees at this session will learn: Strategies for navigating personal maternal-child health issues in academic departments of family medicine. Specific suggestions for successful and productive career management while maintaining a healthy environment in a young family. How to locate appropriate resources for continued professional development for women in academic medicine at the junior faculty level.

OVERVIEW Introductions (5 min) Background (5 min) Group discussion (30 min) Personal development Professional development Resources (5 min)

WAS THIS THE LOOK ON: A. My chairman’s face when I told him I was pregnant (again)? B. My husband’s face when my employer ‘accidentally’ stopped paying me during maternity leave? C. My face when I found out my maternity leave disqualified me for continued loan repayment? D. All of the above.

DR. JULIE TAYLOR Director of Predoctoral Education Mother of 3 Cassandra, age 6 Harrison, age 2.5 Amelia, age 6 mo Assistant Professor since 2001, going up for promotion this year

WAS THIS THE LOOK ON: A. My chairman’s face when I told him I was pregnant (again)? B. My face when I was told that I would only get 4 weeks of maternity leave? C. My husband’s face when he found out those 4 weeks were my vacation for the year? D. All of the above.

DR. SUE MAGEE Residency Clinical Team Leader Mother of 2 Anabella, age 5 Fiona, age 2.5 Clinical Assistant Professor since 2003, going up for promotion sooner than you think

WHO ARE YOU? Where are you in this process? What do you want to get out of today’s session? What is the best thing your kid has said on this topic?

WOMEN IN MEDICINE The number of women physicians in the US continues to rise 1980: 11.6% of the workforce 2003: 26.0% of the workforce 225,042 female physicians 2003 data from Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2005 Edition. AMA Press, Chicago, IL. www.amapress.com

WOMEN IN MEDICINE 5 specialties account for 62.6% of all female physicians Family Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics OB/GYN Psychiatry 23.3% of all physicians in medical teaching are women 2003 data from Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2005 Edition. AMA Press, Chicago, IL. www.amapress.com

WOMEN IN MEDICINE Residents and Fellows The number of women residents and fellows in the US continues to rise 1980: 21.5% of all resident/fellow physicians were women 2003: 40.7% of all resident/fellow physicians were women 40,723 female residents and fellows 2003 data from Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2005 Edition. AMA Press, Chicago, IL. www.amapress.com

WOMEN IN MEDICINE Medical Students 47.9% of all students enrolled in US medical schools in 2003-04 were women 32,146 female medical students 50.8% of applicants applying for the 2003 entering medical school class were women Baransky B, Etzel SI. Educational programs in US medical schools, 2003-2004. JAMA. 2004;292:1025-31.

WOMEN IN MEDICINE Academic Medicine Women make up approximately 30% of all medical faculty 26% of all Associate Professors 14% of Full Professors 10% of all Department Chairs 10% of all Medical School Deans Women in US Academic Medicine: Statistics and Medical School Benchmarking, 2003-2004. AAMC. http://www.aamc.org/members/wim/statistics/stats04/start.

MOTHERS IN MEDICINE The majority of married women physicians with kids describe themselves as the primary or equal caregiver for their children. Sobecks et al. When doctors marry doctors: A survey exploring the professional and family lives of young physicians. Ann Int Med 1999. 130 (4):312-319.

CREATIVITY IS ESSENTIAL

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Spouses/partners Fertility Pregnancy Doc/Non-doc Fertility Pregnancy Maternity leave Breastfeeding at work Child care “The Village”

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Daily schedules Call and weekend responsibilities Academic productivity Promotion Respect in the workplace Loan repayment

LOCAL RESOURCES Senior (to you) faculty in your department Current female colleagues/peers Women in other departments or at other institutions Office of Women in Medicine Dean for Women in Medicine Your kids’ classmates’ parents RI examples Options for Working Parents Mom-doc-family group

NATIONAL RESOURCES www.aamc.org www.mommd.com Women in Medicine: Getting In, Growing and Advancing by Janet Bickel Women in Medicine Bibliography Reading list ranging from leadership to conflict management Women in Medicine Specialty Organization Listing (PDF, 97kb) Subscribe to WIMSERV, the e-mail discussion forum on matters related to academic medicine. www.mommd.com

STAYING CONNECTED ? New STFM group ? Listserve ? “Kid park” Mothers in Academic Family Medicine ? Listserve ? “Kid park” ? Future presentations ? Preconference ? Research

TAKE HOME MESSAGES Figure out what you love and do lots of it. Figure out what is hard (for you) and limit it. Planning Preconception College admissions Flexibility Time vs. $$$$ Prioritizing (as a family) Big picture Minutiae

THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK! Remember, we are in this together!!