Creation of a sustainable longitudinal women in Leadership Development (WILD) curriculum focused on graduate medical education trainees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although women comprise the majority of medical students, gender disparities emerge early and remain at the highest levels of academia. Most leadership courses focus on faculty or students rather than women graduate medical education (GME) trainees.

Aim

To promote the leadership development of women GME trainees through empowerment, community building, networking and mentorship, and concrete leadership skills development.

Setting

University of California, San Francisco.

Participants

359 women residents and fellows from 41 specialties.

Program description

A longitudinal curriculum of monthly workshops designed to support leadership development for women trainees. Sessions and learning objectives were designed via needs assessments and literatur

SUBMITTER: McGourty CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10996076 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature