The WIMTC brings together trainees and faculty, across medical specialties to address the needs of female and female-identifying residents and fellows in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The Women in Medicine Trainees’ Council (WIMTC) serves as a centralized organization to bring together trainees and faculty of all levels, across medical specialties to address the needs of female and female-identifying residents and fellows in the Department of Medicine (DOM). The council works to foster discussions about gender in academia, facilitate mentorship relationships, promote gender balance and equity, mitigate gender bias, and promote activities aimed at academic and personal advancement of women in medicine. We host numerous events and initiatives throughout the year and partner with other organizations as well. Our group meets monthly to share ideas and plan upcoming events.
Mission Statement
The Women in Medicine Trainees Council will serve as a centralized organization to bring together trainees and faculty across medical specialties in the Department of Medicine to:
Share ideas and experiences related to gender in academia
Foster mentor relationships
Promote gender balance and equity across all providers
Mitigate gender bias
Promote activities aimed at academic and personal advancement of women in medicine
Events & Initiatives
Some of the exciting events and initiatives supported by the WIMTC include:
Mock interviews for female trainees applying to fellowships or jobs
Sessions with female leaders from within MGH and across the country, focusing on topics such as negotiations and microaggressions
Networking events with other departments’ Women in Medicine organizations at MGH
Mentorship program involving female physicians of all levels within the Department of Medicine
Designing and implementing a “Gender Bias in Medicine” curriculum within the residency program
Improving lactation room availability and resources for physician parents
Groundbreaking research on gender in medical training, such as the effect of “Doctor” identification badges on the misidentification of female providers working with colleagues at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Increasing parental leave to eight weeks of paid leave for parents of all genders
Helpful Links & Resources
The Office of Women’s Careers (OWC)
The OWC is a long-established, hospital-wide group focused on gender equity, professional development, and community building among women at MGH. They publish a regular newsletter of events and hold numerous events, talks, and workshops throughout the year.
Our training programs strive to be family friendly, offering paid maternity and paternity leave, lactation rooms, and a variety of childcare resources.
Mass General Brigham GME formed a trainee well-being council to focus on the needs of trainees. Several resources such as easy access to mental health care are available to all Mass General Brigham trainees; more information can be found at the well-being website.
The Department of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Board (DIB) is charged with furthering the fundamental mission of supporting and expanding the representation of individuals regardless of gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability within the department.
Winfred W. Williams, MD, has been named a deputy editor of The New England Journal of Medicine. Williams, who is associate chief of the Division of Nephrology, becomes the first African American to serve in that role.
Members of the Department of Medicine are working to synthesize rapidly accumulating information about the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
Stephanie Seto, PharmD, was the first to volunteer. “It was hard to see our colleagues strained with the large influx of such high-acuity patients,” she says. “I wanted to help if I could.”
“Our goal with this triathlon—and the Medicine in Motion group—is to reduce burnout by building community through fitness and philanthropy,” says Logan Briggs, fourth year Harvard Medical School student and co-founder of Medicine in Motion.
This fall, Mass General awarded seven extraordinary nurses, selected from approximately 100 nominations submitted by colleagues, patients and patient families, to receive the DAISY award.
