Empower women physicians to take an active role in organized medicine
- TMA board, council, and committee leadership training
- Advocacy training
- Providing support for physician involvement in the AMA Women Physicians Section
Create diverse paths to leadership for women physicians
- Mentoring and sponsorship training
- Negotiation skills
- Career path planning
Encourage systemic culture change throughout medical and professional settings related to gender equity
- Gender pay parity
- Implicit (unconscious) bias in the workplace
- Parental leave policies
Develop and support an impactful, unified network of women physicians and allies through the facilitation of educational and networking events at the state and county levels
- Dedicated networking events at TMA conferences
- County-level women physician events
- Regional, multi-county women physician events
Bring awareness to public health issues and policies that disproportionately affect women and marginalized populations through the development of position papers and policy and advocacy initiatives
- Mental health access
- Domestic violence prevention
- Caregiver burnout
Address and support physician wellness through programming and the development of policy and advocacy initiatives
- Physician burnout
- Physician suicide prevention
- Patient advocacy
Last Updated On
March 29, 2021
Originally Published On
February 26, 2021