Description
Over the past few decades, there has been a distinct rise in the number and proportion of women physicians in US. This increase, notably, includes an increase in the proportion of newly licensed women physicians who are international medical graduates (IMGs). Women IMGs represented 25% of first-time licenses issued to IMGs in 1990 and the percentage grew to 45% by 2014, with average increase of 0.856% for each year. Women IMGs benefit the US healthcare system by enhancing cultural diversity and representation, patient centric care, and often serving in rural and unserved communities. Adaptability, resilience, humaneness, empathy, and a desire to succeed highlight the IMG experience. As an intersectional group, despite the growth in numbers of women IMGs they continue to encounter obstacles to advancement with discrimination, ethnic biases and structural impediments against diversity and minorities. Women IMGs are less likely to work as administrators or medical teachers and more likely to work as full-time hospital staff or locum tenens physicians than US counterparts. Those who choose an academic career are less likely to obtain leadership positions. Join our trailblazing panelists on a voyage that follows the path of women in Psychiatry and Mental Health professions. Trials, tribulations, and triumphs mark the personal and professional journeys which can offer great rewards while requiring immense sacrifice. Come learn about challenges faced, solutions implemented, and discover the way onward and upward in the badass IMG woman’s life and career.
Format
Recorded webinar.
This content was recorded during the APA 2024 Annual Meeting.
Learning Objectives
- Outline the history of women international medical graduates’ (IMGs) participation in the US health care system and organized medicine.
- Describe the impact of culture, ethnicity and diverse career paths on the IMG physician’s professional and personal journey.
- Assess the psychosocial impacts on family members and partners of IMG physicians.
- Review the role of mentorship and sponsorship on belonging for women IMGs.
- Identify the path forward to developing a fulfilling, sustainable and illustrious career as a female identifying IMG.
Target Audience
Residents/Fellows, Psychiatrists, Psychologists
Estimate Time to Complete
Estimated Duration: 1.5 hours
Program Start Date: May 17, 2025
Program End Date: May 17, 2028
How to Earn Credit
Participants who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may do so after completing all sections of the course including the evaluation. After evaluating the program, course participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians) or certificate of participation (non-physicians) showing the completion date and hours earned.
Continuing Education Credit
In support of improving patient care, the American Psychiatric Association is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The APA designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Faculty and Planner Disclosures
The American Psychiatric Association adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity — including faculty, planners, reviewers or others — are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.
Instructors
- Geetha Jayaram, MD
- Balkozar Adam, MD
- Dipti Vasavada, LCSW
- Jasleen Chhatwal, MD
- Marilou Tyner, MD
- ChiChi Cagande, MD, DFAPA, DFAACAP
Planners
- Vishal Madaan, MD, Chief of Education and Deputy Medical Director at the American Psychiatric Association.
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Technical Requirements
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