1. “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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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?

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. WOMEN IN MEDICINE Medical Students
47.9% of all students enrolled in US medical schools in 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, JAMA. 2004;292:

14. 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, AAMC.

15. 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 (4):

16. CREATIVITY IS ESSENTIAL

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

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

19. 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

20. 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 discussion forum on matters related to academic medicine.

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

22. 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

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