Last Updated: Dec 15, 2021
On October 27, 2021, the Pennsylvania Medical Society Women
Physicians Section held its third annual Business Meeting during the
Pennsylvania Medical Society House of Delegates weekend. The Women
Physicians Section Governing Council was joined by fellow Pennsylvania Medical
Society members interested in issues related to women physicians with the goal
of bringing together like-minded physicians to collaborate and strategize an
approach to the House of the Delegates. Below are a few highlights.
The keystone talk in the Business Meeting was a
presentation on implicit bias by guest, Rebekah Apple. Ms. Apple is the
Director of the Master of Medical Management program at Heinz College of
Information Systems and Public Policy. In addition to being responsible
for the direction and strategy of a degree program for physicians and a faculty
member of the Ethics course, she is a consultant on bias to hospitals and
hospital systems throughout the country. The talk was instrumental in
recognizing and addressing bias in our daily lives, providing tools that
physicians can use to initiate conversations related to bias and how biases can
be identified and addressed.
Later in the meeting, the elections for Governing Council
were reviewed and opportunity for additional candidacy was offered.
Resolutions of pertinence to the Women Physicians Section were reviewed and
support provided to those who planned to offer conversation at the House of
Delegates. Subcommittee reports were provided by subcommittee chairs.
As the Women Physicians Section continues to grow, we are
looking for new members to learn from and with!