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Women in Medicine (WIM)
The AAMC's Women in Medicine program assists dean's offices, Women
Liaison Officers (WLOs), and individual faculty members in addressing
gender-related inequities and improving the pathways for women to
contribute fully to academic medicine.
Medical school deans may appoint one or two WLOs to the AAMC. Currently
125 U.S. schools have appointed 225 WLOs and 16 Canadian schools.
WLOs play a major role in fostering women's networking and in developing
and sharing resources within and among medical centers.
The WIM office offers two popular annual professional development
seminars for women faculty. One seminar targets early career instructors
and assistant professors. The other seminar focuses on mid-career
assistant professors with at least four years experience and associate
professors. The three-day seminar topics include: conflict management,
academic financial management, negotiating skills, and writing for
professional journals. In addition to these seminars, the WIM office
sponsors sessions during the AAMC annual meeting.
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