Search Tag: diversity

IMAGING Management

Study-assesses-diversity-in-radiology-residents-compared-to-other-specialties

2023 06 Oct

According to a recent study, radiology has made notable progress in increasing diversity relative to other medical specialties in the past decade.   The team gathered the Graduate Medical Education results from 2010-2011 to 2020-2021 to access demographic information for major medical specialties. This way, the team could extract the racial and...Read more

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National-healthcare-cxo-summit

2022 16 Oct

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Iwin-2022

2022 24 Jun

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Chest-annual-meeting-2022

2022 16 Oct

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Diversity-and-equality-during-covid-19-the-world-series

2021 24 Aug

Looking at gender, bias and equality through the lens of the COVID-19 crisis and its potential for broad and lasting effects and addressing how this unprecedented situation can be a chance for interaction, learning and the development of best practices, such as developing work structures that could be continued in our post-pandemic future....Read more

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Working-in-the-pandemic-and-preserving-diversity

2021 24 Aug

The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and communities of colour and the need for diversity among healthcare workers and public health leaders. Introduction D iversity is the condition of having many different elements. These may include people with different opinions, backgrounds (degrees and social experience), religious...Read more

Women's Health

Want-more-innovation-in-womens-health-hmm-perhaps-hire-more-female-scientists

2021 20 Jul

Fewer women hold biomedical patents, leading to a reduced number of patented technologies designed to address problems affecting women, say researchers from McGill University, Harvard Business School, and the Universidad de Navarra in Barcelona.  Biases that limit the number of women in science and technology are well known, but the consequences...Read more

Health Management

Managing-diversity-pathways-to-a-more-inclusive-future

2021 19 Mar

An overview of the lack of representation of women and other minoritised populations in healthcare and their relative absence from positions of leadership and power. Key Points The World Health Organization reports that women are overrepresented in the healthcare workforce but are absent at senior levels. The absence...Read more

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Intensive-care-medicine-reflections-on-the-gender-gap

2020 24 Nov

Is the gender gap a concern for intensive care medicine (ICM)? ICM is not gender friendly by design and this could have a major impact on the discipline given the increase in the number of female doctors. What are the main barriers to career progression for women in ICM? Members of the iWIN Foundation present their views. S everal authors...Read more

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Ismrm-2020-28th-annual-meeting-exhibition

2020 08 Oct

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Ache-congress-on-healthcare-leadership-2020-1

2020 23 Mar

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More-women-in-radiology-research-need-for-diversity-and-inclusion

2019 23 Jan

In a new study that examines the potential challenges and obstacles to female radiologists conducting research and publication of work, the American Association for Women Radiologists  propose strategies to overcome these challenges. In the report published in  Academic Radiology , researchers say that initiatives targeting the identified challenges...Read more

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European-society-of-intensive-care-medicine-diversity-task-force

2018 01 Jun

In March the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) ( esicm.org ) announced its Diversity Task Force (pictured), which will draft a policy paper and code of conduct related to gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, race, culture, socioeconomic status and multi professionalism. ESICM is the first major international medical society...Read more

Executive Health Management

Want-to-develop-diversity-call-in-the-experts

2016 12 Dec

Inequalities persist in the workplace. In a healthcare setting, such disparities reduce access to care, keep minority workers in poverty, and reinforce the cycle of oppression. Industry experts think that HR policy reforms can set some of these wrongs to right.   Acknowledge Wage Inequality   According to a JAMA Internal Medicine...Read more

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Tips-meeting-multi-cultural-needs-in-ageing-patients

2016 12 Feb

The number of older adults representing minority groups is forecasted to increase by 39 percent by 2050 as compared to 21 percent in 2012. Most of the increases are expected to be among the Asian, Native, Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander populations. In addition, the proportion of Hispanic adults is projected to more than double over the next 40...Read more