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International Women's Day 2023

Women's Experience in Anaesthesia - Reflections from the Operating Room

International Women's Day webinar.

Moderator: Carolina Haylock-Loor (Honduras)
Panellists: Bertille Ki (Burkina Faso), Jannicke Mellin-Olsen (Norway), Sheila Myatra (India)

Spotlight

Power, pain and 'problem' patients (Free Webinar Event: 30 May 2023)
Women have historically struggled to have their accounts of pain taken seriously by key professionals, including those in medicine. Various factors play a role in this downplaying of pain accounts, including concerns about the credibility of women as claims makers, and the belief that women may be ‘naturally’ more prone to exaggerating their pain, including menstrual and other pelvic pain. In this presentation, Associate Professor Kate Seear explores how these forces interact and shape one another, and why these interactions matter. She examines how a powerful net of meanings around addiction and drug use are put to use in women’s complaints of pain, and with what effects.
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Date and time:
Tue, 30 May 2023 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM AEST

Location:
Online

International Women’s Day 2023
For International Women’s Day 2023, we approached a number of fellows to reflect on some of their experiences as women in medicine. We thank all who contributed, as well as those who respectfully declined.

You are all a part of our story, and we embrace you.

Special Issue: Equity & Inequity in Australia's Health System (MJA)
Equity and inequity in Australia's health system are major themes in this latest issue of the MJA. From the beginning, when research is funded, through to how clinical guidelines are developed, how research is conducted, and, finally, in health outcomes, the articles in this issue explore gender and racial inequities from several angles, including what progress has been made, and where deficiencies remain.

Sanchez KJ, Sanchez RA, Ben Khallouq B, Ellis DB. Perioperative Care of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients: A Biopsychosocial Approach [epub ahead of print, 2023 Apr 3]. Anesth Analg. 2023;10.1213/ANE.0000000000006480. This review outlines the biological factors that impact the perioperative care of TGD patients, such as the management of estrogen and testosterone HT, safe use of sugammadex, interpretation of laboratory values in the context of HT, pregnancy testing, drug dosing, breast binding, altered airway and urethral anatomy after prior GAS, pain management, and other GAS considerations.
Harbell MW, McMullen KB, Kosiorek H, Kraus MB. Women Representation in Anesthesiology Society Leadership Positions [epub ahead of print, 2023 Apr 3]. Anesth Analg. 2023;10.1213/ANE.0000000000006465. The goals of this study are to examine the representation of women in leadership positions in anesthesiology societies compared to women society members and women anesthesiologists and to analyze the trend in women society presidents over time.
Ranasinghe PD, Zhou A. Women physicians and the COVID-19 pandemic: gender-based impacts and potential interventions. Ann Med. 2023;55(1):319-324. This essay specifically addresses women physicians, and explores the considerable impact they bear from the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the contexts of response to stress, social isolation, work-life integration, and autonomy.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Women physicians; burnout; gender equity.
Brizuela V, Chebet JJ, Thorson A. Supporting early-career women researchers: lessons from a global mentorship programme. Glob Health Action. 2023;16(1):2162228. This paper describes the process of designing and implementing a mentorship programme for early career women sexual and reproductive health and rights researchers from low- and middle-income countries including valuable lessons learned vis-à-vis existing evidence.
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Keywords: Mentorship; low and middle income countries (LMICs); research; research capacity strengthening; sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); women.
Hedström J, Herder T. Women's sexual and reproductive health in war and conflict: are we seeing the full picture?. Glob Health Action. 2023;16(1):2188689. Adding feminist perspectives on war to global health research explanations of how war affects women's sexual and reproductive health might then contribute to further understanding the complexity of the different gendered effects war and armed conflicts have on women's sexual and reproductive health.
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Keywords: Myanmar; SRHR; gender; reproductive health; war.

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The Value of Women on Anesthesia Teams (21 Nov 2022)
This program aims to promote equity between women and men in anesthesiology by recognising the benefits of women in healthcare. This program also looks at implementing strategies that support the progression of women in anesthesiology.

ANZCA International Women's Day

To celebrate International Women's Day, the ANZCA Gender Equity Subcommittee answered frequently asked questions about gender equity, unconscious bias, gender balance in anaesthesia and more.

Access the IWD2023 reflections document here.

Access the full list 2022 recordings on YouTube here.

Selected highlights of the2022 recordings can be located on the Multimedia tab of this guide.

Access the full list 2021 recordings on YouTube here.

Inclusion & diversity at ANZCA

For more information about gender equity, including links to information about the Gender Equity Sub-committee, please visit the Inclusion and diversity page on the ANZCA website.

You can read/download the Gender Equity Position Statement, resource toolkit and take self-assessment quiz on the Inclusion and diversity webpage.

Download the NEW Gender equity: Unconscious bias and interview panels toolkit for useful and practical guidance on best practice for facilitating an interview, plus resources and links to training and further education.

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