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Overcoming COVID-19: Strategies to Mitigate the Perpetuated Gender Achievement Gap.

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Coleman, DM; Perrone, EE; Dombrowski, J; Dossett, LA; Sears, ED; Sandhu, G; Telem, DA; Waljee, JF; Newman, EA ...
Published in: Ann Surg
March 1, 2022

Sex inequity in academic achievement was well documented before the COVID-19 pandemic, and evolving data suggest that women in academic surgery are disproportionately disadvantaged by the pandemic. This perspective piece reviews currently accepted solutions to the sex achievement gap, with their associated shortcomings. We also propose innovative strategies to overcoming barriers to sex equity in academic medicine that broadly fall into three categories: strategies to mitigate inequitable caregiving responsibilities, strategies to reduce cognitive load, and strategies to value uncompensated, impactful work. These approaches address inequities at the system-level, as opposed to the individual-level, lifting the burden of changing the system from women.

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Ann Surg

DOI

EISSN

1528-1140

Publication Date

March 1, 2022

Volume

275

Issue

3

Start / End Page

435 / 437

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Specialties, Surgical
  • Sex Distribution
  • Physicians, Women
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Faculty, Medical
  • COVID-19
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Coleman, D. M., Perrone, E. E., Dombrowski, J., Dossett, L. A., Sears, E. D., Sandhu, G., … Michigan Women’s Surgical Collaborative, . (2022). Overcoming COVID-19: Strategies to Mitigate the Perpetuated Gender Achievement Gap. Ann Surg, 275(3), 435–437. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005149
Coleman, Dawn M., Erin E. Perrone, Janet Dombrowski, Lesly A. Dossett, Erica D. Sears, Gurjit Sandhu, Dana A. Telem, Jennifer F. Waljee, Erika A. Newman, and Erika A. Michigan Women’s Surgical Collaborative. “Overcoming COVID-19: Strategies to Mitigate the Perpetuated Gender Achievement Gap.Ann Surg 275, no. 3 (March 1, 2022): 435–37. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005149.
Coleman DM, Perrone EE, Dombrowski J, Dossett LA, Sears ED, Sandhu G, et al. Overcoming COVID-19: Strategies to Mitigate the Perpetuated Gender Achievement Gap. Ann Surg. 2022 Mar 1;275(3):435–7.
Coleman, Dawn M., et al. “Overcoming COVID-19: Strategies to Mitigate the Perpetuated Gender Achievement Gap.Ann Surg, vol. 275, no. 3, Mar. 2022, pp. 435–37. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000005149.
Coleman DM, Perrone EE, Dombrowski J, Dossett LA, Sears ED, Sandhu G, Telem DA, Waljee JF, Newman EA, Michigan Women’s Surgical Collaborative. Overcoming COVID-19: Strategies to Mitigate the Perpetuated Gender Achievement Gap. Ann Surg. 2022 Mar 1;275(3):435–437.

Published In

Ann Surg

DOI

EISSN

1528-1140

Publication Date

March 1, 2022

Volume

275

Issue

3

Start / End Page

435 / 437

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Specialties, Surgical
  • Sex Distribution
  • Physicians, Women
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Faculty, Medical
  • COVID-19
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences