Building a RAFFT: Impact of a professional development program for women faculty and residents in emergency medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women comprise 28% of faculty in academic departments of emergency medicine (EM) and 11% of academic chairs. Professional development programs for women are key to career success and to prevent pipeline attrition. Within emergency medicine, there is a paucity of outcomes-level data for such programs.

Objectives

We aim to measure the impact of a novel structured professional development curriculum and mentorship group (Resident and Faculty Female Tribe, or RAFFT) within an academic department of EM.

Methods

This prospective single-center curriculum implementation and evaluation was conducted in the academic year 2020-2021. A planning group identified potential curricular topics using an iterative Delphi process. We developed a 10-session longitudinal curricu

SUBMITTER: Li-Sauerwine S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9222109 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature