Gender Bias in Medicine with Dr. Arghavan Salles
Episode description
Join host, Dr. Rupa Wong and guest, Dr. Arghavan Salles, a fellowship trained minimally invasive and bariatric surgeon from Stanford as they discuss the gender bias that still exists in medicine.
In addition to being a skilled surgeon, Dr. Salles also has her PhD in education from Stanford. Her research focuses on gender equity, diversity, inclusion and well being. She has written and spoken about her experiences being a COVID frontline worker with Newsweek, NBC and CBS. She has numerous publications and has given over 80 national and international talks.
Today, we are discussing:
- Implicit bias that still exists in the medical field
- Navigating societal expectations and the emotional and mental toll that this takes on women
- Manels and what we can do to combat them
- Strategies such as sponsorship and enlisting upstander help to begin to appoint more qualified women into positions of leadership in departments
- Putting your female colleagues forward for awards, speaking opportunities and leadership positions
Take the Implicit Association Test here: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Article we discuss in episode on patient outcomes with a male vs. female surgeon: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2786671
Connect with Dr. Salles:
Website: www.drarghavansalles.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/arghavan_salles?lang=hi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arghavansallesmd
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