“If you want to see things at a global level, start at a village level. Give women the tools and education and they will drive the change.” –Melinda Gates I believe there are many individuals around us we can look to for inspiration. Within medicine, I have found many of those persons to be my […]
Uinyeo: Lessons from Korea’s History of Female Physicians
Coming across a recording of the mocking and hostile environment for female medical students in the late 19th and early 20th century in David Oshinsky’s Bellevue turned my mind towards a country where at least nominally women were allowed to officially serve as doctors far earlier, Korea or as it was known then Joseon. From […]
Women in Medicine
Just a few days ago I was having an interesting conversation with some of my friends that are also in medicine about some of the struggles that we face in this journey. For example, one of the main struggles we spoke about was when the “right time” was to start a family. How do we […]
