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September 19, 2023 • AAWEP Section

Chair’s Corner: Fractures

As women Emergency Medicine physicians we are all familiar with fractures and emergent fracture management. We easily recall the various means of fracture healing: immobilization, osteoblast activit...

September 19, 2023 • AAWEP Section

Embracing New Horizons at Sixty: A Journey of Joy and Challenges

Life is a journey of surprises and adventures. In the emergency department, we are surrounded every day by the unexpected turns of events that our patients face. Sometimes, change is intentional, pre-...

September 19, 2023 • AAWEP Section

Making Change with RANGE

What drew me to the field of emergency medicine was a desire to solve problems - to help in tangible, practical ways. Sometimes the problems are simple to solve: suturing a laceration, splinting a bro...

September 19, 2023 • AAWEP Section

Life... And work... Balance?

June 26, 2023. That morning, just four days after our graduation celebration, our Upstate family was shaken by the death of one of our very own graduating senior residents. I remember the visceral fee...

September 19, 2023 • AAWEP Section

One Year In, Many to Follow

As I sit here and write this, it is the beginning of July 2023 - the start of my second year of Emergency Medicine residency. Reflecting back, I'm surprised I made it this far. In life, it's easy to g...

May 13, 2023 • AAWEP Section

Chair’s Corner: What (a) Difference

Beside her is her husband, leaning onto the gurney, holding her hand, and resting his head on her arm. She is holding her lower abdomen, with her neck flexed toward her chest and her eyes over-filled ...

May 13, 2023 • AAWEP Section

The Messy Middles of Emergency Medicine and Life

"Only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life." - Carl Jung.

May 13, 2023 • AAWEP Section

Misogyny Within the House of Medicine?

According to two male doctors who commented on a story on Doximity, female physicians are the cause of the impending physician shortage.

May 13, 2023 • AAWEP Section

Advice for Our Younger Selves

COVID had nothing to do with our personal burnout. Shocking as that might seem, we were burned out (or better term — morally injured) from working in emergency medicine WAY before that.

February 8, 2023

AAWEP’s Power Up: Women in Emergency Medicine Leadership Workshop at LAC

Has the pandemic left you wondering about your future in emergency medicine? Join us for an engaging and interactive pre-conference to reinvent and reinvigorate your passion for medicine and leadershi...

February 6, 2023 • AAWEP Section

The Wedding

"You’re a doctor, right?” Somebody grabbed my husband’s arm, and he grabbed mine. The person had that look — the one any physician recognizes — the wild look of somebody terrified about an illness or ...

February 6, 2023 • AAWEP Section

Chair's Corner

You are on shift in your emergency department. It has been an average, busy day working through delta troponins and those precious weak and dizzy complaints. Another patient pops up on the congested ...

February 6, 2023 • AAWEP Section

A Personal Twist on Global Emergency Medicine

Growing up, my siblings and I were told the many fascinating stories of my family in Pakistan and of our ancestors.

September 12, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Chair's Corner

As September continues to march along and ACEP22 draws near, we look forward to our AAWEP Section meeting so that we can gather together to share ideas and form bonds.

September 12, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Tattoos and White Coats: Shifting a Woman’s Appearance in Medicine

I’m sure we’re all too familiar with the universal lady doctor experience of not being perceived as “the doctor” by our patients.

September 12, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Diversify Your Career to Stay in Emergency Medicine

The last two and a half years have been some of the most challenging times to work in emergency medicine. Initially, we hoped that the COVID-19 pandemic would be short-lived, but we're seeing that the...

September 12, 2022 • AAWEP Section

What You Need to Know for AAWEP’s Section Meeting at ACEP22

We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco for ACEP22!

May 31, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Chair's Corner

Welcome Home! As we dive into all the places that we call home, I can’t help but think about how ACEP and AAWEP are two of my “homes.” Home isn’t always a physical structure — home can also be a place...

May 31, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Make You

I can't make you!

May 31, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Healing During The Pandemic

I finished residency in 2001. Of course, that was the year of 9/11. The trauma from that incident brought fear to us all who thought we were safe in this beloved country.

May 31, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Balance

I’ve attended countless wellness seminars that focus on the importance of a “work-life balance.” Even after listening to a dozen motivational speakers, the entire concept seems elusive, like an unatta...

May 31, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Kids That Inspire – Viewing Life With Different Eyes

Why is it that we stop believing that we can try — and accomplish — hard things at a certain age? As adults, we see the world for its challenges and possible downfalls, and as parents, we feel the nee...

February 10, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Chair’s Corner

Hear from the current AAWEP Chair, Dr. Carrie de Moor.

February 10, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Workplace Boundaries: The Key to Beating Burnout

In March of 2021, I was burned out and exhausted. It was tough to decipher if it was emergency medicine, my own personal traits, or my current working environment that led to my burnout. As I hit my l...

February 10, 2022 • AAWEP Section

Street Outreach: An Opportunity to Reinvigorate Your Involvement in Healthcare

I first learned about street medicine as a medical student in Rochester, New York. At the time, Dr. Emma Lo (who is now an attending psychiatrist at Yale University) was an enthusiastic student just a...