Women in Cardiology
At Harbor-UCLA, we have recently established the Women in Cardiology program to help:
- Create awareness around the barriers and challenges that women face in cardiology
- Provide female fellows and residents interested in cardiology with academic and professional skills and mentorship that will help them succeed after training.
- Advocate for female trainees within the Division and Department
Program Events
- Quarterly events that focus on networking and skills development
- Ongoing collaboration with other women in medicine groups on campus
- Financial support to attend local conferences and symposiums that emphasize Women’s Cardiovascular Health
- Research projects that encourage our female trainees to participate in and present at national conferences
- Recruiting outside female speakers to present at Cardiology Grand Rounds
Program Details
Academic & Professional Skills Development
By helping our female trainees develop these necessary skills, we can empower them to overcome institutional and systemic barriers women face in advancing their careers.
- Â Salary negotiations and pay disparities
- Â Battling imposter syndrome
- Â Scholarship in academic medicine
- Â Sponsorship and mentorship
- Â Mock Interviews
Leadership
Our curriculum will emphasize and practice skills that will help trainees become successful leaders in the future.
- Leadership-style seminar
- Time management and saying no
- EQ/IQ identification
- Conflict resolution
Scholarship
We aim to provide a platform to promote and encourage academic endeavors for our female trainees.
- Invite at least three female scholars to speak at our grand rounds every year
- Financially support female trainees to go to regional and national conferences every year
- Starting a research project
Advocacy
We want to encourage our trainees to bring awareness to topics that highlight the inequities and challenges women confront in medicine.
- Gender disparities in patient outcomes
- Family planning and infertility
- Radiation safety
- Sexual harassment
- Gender gap in academics medicine and promotion