Women in Residency Life (WiRL)
Posted: 12/10/2019
Category: Member Resources
Women in Residency Life (WiRL)
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| Fathima Suhail, MD |
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| Alexandra Goodman, MD |
SUNY Upstate Women in Residency Life (WiRL), is a group created for women to increase productivity, collaboration, comradery, and expand networking in order to advance their careers amidst the everyday challenges. Dr. Goodman and Dr. Suhail discovered their joint passion for the difficulties faced by women in medicine and spear-headed WiRL. The implementation of this group required many discussions with faculty members and house staff in order to gain their approval and support. Both doctors were pleasantly surprised by the amount of support they received from the University and the group has since, grown rapidly.
WiRL serves as a support system for women in residency and encourages stimulating, yet tough, conversations pertaining to women’s experiences within the medical community and at home. Additionally, WiRL strives to give back to the surrounding community, by serving as mentors to the youth. We hope to raise awareness, provide support and grow as a community.
Learn how to start a WiRL group at your institution - check out the upcoming webinar:
Women in Residency Life Webinar (WiRL)
Thursday, January 23, 2020
12:00 noon - 1:00 PM
Objectives:
- Vision and mission statement
- Share our inspiration
- Discuss the impact and importance of having a female residency group in order to advance women in medicine
- WiRL’s ongoing projects and community outreach
- Raising Awareness
- How can you start one at your program?
Faculty:
Fathima Suhail, MD, Upstate University
Alexandra Goodman, MD, Upstate University
Caitlin Toomy, MD, Upstate University
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