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Women in Medical Sciences Conference (WIMSC) – Engage and Excel in Crucial Conversations
Learn to Effectively
- Advocate for yourself
- Build stronger relationships through connection
- Confidently hold others accountable
Women in medicine can face unique challenges that require you to effectively advocate for yourself and your recommendations. Successfully navigating these crucial conversations requires the right balance of confidence and humility. Finding this balance can feel like walking a tightrope, leading to frustration and occasional setbacks. In this workshop, you will learn strategies to enhance your success when it matters most.
All Faculty, Postdocs, Residents, and Fellows are welcomed!
Sponsored by the Office of Faculty and Leadership Development & the Association of Professional Women in Medical Sciences (APWIMS).
Why Attend?
Focus on the unique challenges women in medicine face that require skillful avocation for themselves and their ideas.
- Identify what are common challenges they face and strategies to increase success
- Identify important relationships in their role
- Learn to hold people accountable
This event is in-person only.
Target audience: All Faculty, Postdocs, Residents, and Fellows
Speaker
Allison Newcomer, CPC, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Sr. Talent Development Consultant
Talent Development
UNC Health
Allison Newcomer, serves as a Sr. Talent Development Consultant, with UNC Health. Allison has over 20 years of human resources experience, serving as a strategic partner with organizational leaders to successfully implement organizational changes, build high performing teams, create a great place to work culture, and develop leaders.
Panelists
Alice Chuang, MD, MEd, FACOG
Professor, General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, UNC School of Medicine
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatrics Vice Chair of Education
Elizabeth Steadman, PhD
Senior Executive Director, Student Affairs
More about APWIMS
Please visit the Association for Professional Women In Medical Sciences (APWIMS) website to learn more.