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Women in Medicine

The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Women in Medicine. Meet and Greet April 1, 2006. WIM Mission Statement. WIM is dedicated to addressing topics of family, significant others, and work environments that affect both women and men. 

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Women in Medicine

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  1. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Women in Medicine Meet and Greet April 1, 2006

  2. WIM Mission Statement • WIM is dedicated to addressing topics of family, significant others, and work environments that affect both women and men.  • Our goal is to highlight topics relevant to both genders that are not typically discussed in other settings.  • It is not aimed at women only; we strive to attain cohesiveness between the genders and discuss issues that each faces both together and separately.

  3. Goals for Next Year • Increase female matriculation • Create a scholarship from WIM • Increase AMA and AMSA interaction • Increase female scholarship distribution • Increase awareness of women’s health issues and social and cultural expectations White Coat Ceremony

  4. Events for Next Year • Women’s Retreat in the fall • Admissions Breakfasts in the fall and winter • Women in Medicine Day in the spring • Mentor Match-Up with local female physicians as well a “Big” from the Med 2 class • Meeting topics: • Relationships • Women’s Health Awareness • Stress Relief • Harrassment • Eating Disorders • Reproductive Choices Halloween Party

  5. What’s special about us?? • We’ve volunteered in countries such as Costa Rica, France, Australia, Guatemala, Samoan Islands and Mauritania • We’ve conducted research in everything • from oncology to pediatric nephrology to dermatology. • We are firefighters and EMTs

  6. We are professional dancers and have toured the world and worked on Broadway • We have done archeological work in Turkey and Peru • We are mothers, teachers, leaders, athletes and we will be the next group of amazing female doctors.

  7. “Be the doctor your parents told you to marry” OSU WIM Class of 2009

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