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CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE - GENERAL

NETWORKING

EDUCATION

WOMENS HEALTH

212 - IMPROVING WOMEN LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION IN CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY

Friday, October 25, 2024
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PT
Room: 116-117
Workshop Description: This multidisciplinary workshop is designed to address the reasons behind persistant lower representation of women in cardiology, especially in its more invasive subspecialties, and in cardiac surgery. Actual barriers will be identified and solutions will be discussed. The audience will hear from women leaders in cardiac surgery, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology. They have been selected to be representative of diversity in generation, backgrounds, workplaces in Canada and stages of career. The topics will include 1) developing leadership and visibility, 2) exploring the role and strengths of mentorship in promoting career choices and overcoming challenges, and 3) investigating avenues in balancing work and family. The audience will have multiple opportunities to exchange with the panelists and among themselves through break out group discussions. Feedback from the audience will be encouraged. Through this workshop, the audience will be able to identify ways to improve women influence and representation in cardiology and cardiac surgery.

Interactive and Engagement Activities Description: There will be different avenues to engage and promote interaction between panel and audience, and among attendees. Each presentation will last 8 minutes and a 2 minutes live Q&A will follow each talks. The topics will also lead to small break out groups (4 minutes round table discussion) after the Q&A period to Think, Pair and Share. Feed-back from the audience will be promoted in order to broaden opinions and explore concrete solutions to cover the workshop objectives.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to:
  • explore specifics aspects in developing leadership skills;
  • recognize steps to improve professional visibility;
  • evaluate the place of mentorship in helping female trainees gain career opportunities;
  • recognize the challenges faced by women in cardiology and cardiac surgery in balancing work and family; and
  • identify solutions in dealing the many roles of women through network and support.
Disclosure(s):
Isabelle Greiss, MD, B.Pharm, FRCPC: Biosense Webster: Educational grant for a Women in EP Symposium held in 2023 (Terminated, October 26, 2023)
Jessica Forcillo, MD, PhD,FRCPC: No financial relationships to disclose
Roopinder Sandhu, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FHRS: No financial relationships to disclose
Leila Laroussi, MD, FRCPC: No financial relationships to disclose