FemInEM

Dr. Tracy Madsen is an Assistant Professor, the Associate Director of the Division of Sex and Gender, and the ED Director of Acute Stroke Services within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University.  In her FIX19 talk, Dr. Madsen explores her interest in women’s health needs and the influences behind that interest. She explains why we can no longer use a one size fits all approach to stroke care and instead need to use sex and gender specific approaches to health care in order to take better care of everybody. Watch the video version of her talk here.

In her FIX9 talk, Dr. Jordana Haber highlights where we struggle to lead change, and steps we can take to bring our ideas to fruition. Read her blog post and watch the video version of her talk here.

In her FIX19 talk, Dr. Kelly Quinley delivers a call to action – it is time for us to improve the emergency department care for patients with a miscarriage.  Miscarriage forms part of emergency medicine, and if we participate in a culture change around early pregnancy loss in the ED, we can provide better patient-centered care for our patients. Read her blog post and watch the complete FIX19 talk here.

With growing concerns about racism in America, doctors have the professional mandate to advocate for health equity as part of the oath we take to do no harm. But when race is used in medical practice and research, it’s often utilized poorly and inaccurately—as a genetic variable. This is to the detriment of our patients, and fails to equip our trainees with the ability to truly comprehend and challenge racial health inequities.

Medicine is messing up. We need a more critical and compassionate medical education if we want to push towards justice. In this talk, hear about why it matters how we discuss race and racism, and learn more about what we can do to bring ourselves and our patients closer to health, and closer to freedom.

Watch Dr. Tsai’s FIX19 talk here!

As doctors, you take an oath to do no harm. But what about when harm comes to you? That’s the focus of “In Harm’s Way” by Dr. Rebecca Smith-Coggins. As physicians, what can you do to make sure the ones that need help get it without incident? Read her blog post and watch the video version of the FIX19 talk here.

Dr. Milne is the Chief of Staff at South Huron Hospital Association in Exeter, Ontario, Canada. He is passionate about skepticism and critical thinking. He is the creator of the knowledge translation project, The Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine.  In his FIX19 talk, Dr. Milne examines gender bias within medical research and evidence based medicine. Read his blog post and watch the video version of his talk here.

What’s it like to be the patient? Not many of us know. Dr. Alin Gragossian does. In her FIX19 talk “My Change of Heart” Dr. Gragossian provides the unique prospective of what it’s like to go from doctor to critically ill patient. Watch the video version of her talk here.

Resa speaks with Sex and Gender Medicine subject matter experts Tracy Madsen and Alyson McGregor 

Tracy Madsen MD ScM is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Associate Director for the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University.  She practices at both Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam Hospital.  Dr. Madsen investigates sex and gender differences in acute ischemic stroke and is currently pursuing her PhD in epidemiology.

Alyson J. McGregor MD MA is a TED speaker, and a women’s health pioneer who has brought the concept of sex and gender differences in the delivery of acute medical care to the national stage. She is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, the Co-Founder and Director for the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine (SGEM) at Brown University’s Department of Emergency Medicine.

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Film: Ms. Diagnosed

Brown University SGEM (Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine)

Principles of Gender Specific Medicine

In this FIX19 talk, Dr. Breena R. Taira wants to make sure you know that we, as health care practitioners, have not only an ethical obligation, but also a legal one based on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to provide language assistance to limited English proficiency patients and give you the tools to advocate for your patients in all languages. Watch the video version of the talk here.

Dr. Ayesha Khan and Dr. John Purakal have both had personal experiences with pregnancy loss and they are ready to share them. In their powerful FIX19 duo, they speak out about not speaking out on miscarriage. Watch the video version of the talk here.