Women in Surgery
Tune in for candid conversations with women in surgery from Connecticut Children’s – a premier, regional pediatric health care system. Topics range from emerging research to career advice to the unique challenges female surgeons face when breaking into in a male-dominated field.
Episodes
8 episodes
Parental Leave in Healthcare
Current family medical leave policies in the United States are often inadequate and often difficult to put into effective practice in the world of healthcare. Physician mothers frequently stitch together a patchwork of sick days, vacation, and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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40:01
Being a Pregnant Surgeon
Young professionals and medical students may believe that having a family in this type of field is intangible or frowned upon. But our women in surgery at Connecticut Children's share that "Nothing is impossible!" Tune in to liste...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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33:30
Leadership
Tune in for a special episode of the Women in Surgery podcast as our grand finale for Season 2. Our women in surgery requested a meaningful discussion around leadership for our listening ears. Discover what it means to be in the C-suite and how...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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47:54
Gender, Behavior, and Perceptions
A study published in HBR in 2017 concluded that there was almost no perceptible difference in the behaviors of men and women from the extensive data that was collected and analyzed. So if the behaviors are the same, what explains...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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40:24
Pay Equity
Welcome back to Season 2. In this season, we bring it back with a broad focus on gender differences. This episode enlightens our listeners with the gender wage gap that remains a stubborn and painful reminder of the gender inequali...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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30:38
Maintaining a Sense of Wellness
Pre-COVID, finding the right time for everything felt like a challenge and a fair line between burnout and stress. Throw COVID in there and it can feel like we've been sitting on this giant balance wheel unable to stay balanced in our personal ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:30