MSMA: Women Physicians Section
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Celebrate Women in Medicine Month
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#WomenForWomenMOWPS’ social media campaign is for Missouri’s women physicians to promote achievement, advancement, and leadership.
Follow the WPS Twitter (https://twitter.com/WPSmsma), as we post self- and colleague submissions for recent accomplishments of Missouri’s women physicians. How it works
Share the Google form with your colleagues and other WIMs groups to start submitting. We’d love to have an over-abundance of submissions to start off September. Follow us on the following social media sites. Like, love, retweet, and repost anything we share. We are still building our social media presence, follow us and stay tuned! Twitter: @WPSmsma (https://twitter.com/WPSmsma) Facebook: MSMA WPS (https://www.facebook.com/WPSmsma) Instagram: @wpsmsma (https://www.instagram.com/wpsmsma/) WPS One Year Anniversary!One year and counting! In 2019, the MSMA Women Physicians Section was formed to represent women physicians of Missouri. We are a subgroup of the Missouri State Medical Association with the following guiding mission:
"To enhance leadership among Missouri’s women physicians, better engage women physicians in the MSMA, address issues unique to the practice of women physicians, and advocate on behalf of women’s health issues and the health of women physicians." Over the past year, we advanced our mission, passing policy that the MSMA support gender equity throughout all aspects of medical practice and at every level of physician training. Our MSMA has also sent letters to the Missouri Hospital Association and the Deans of Missouri’s medical schools encouraging hospitals, academic institutions, and other healthcare organizations in Missouri to a) use objective, gender-neutral criteria in pay structures and processes of promotion, and b) adopt institutional transparency of compensation, and regular gender-based pay audits. If you would like this same letter to be sent to your hospital/practice leadership, email Heidi Sutherland at heidi@msma.org to inquire and share contact info. |
WIM Events/ResourcesMentorship, Coaching, and Sponsorship for Women Physicians Webinar
Impostor Syndrome and Women in Medicine Virtual Discussion Groups for Post-training Physicians
Women in White Coats Online Forum for Women Physicians
Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Series
Women in Medicine Articles & Resources 
Welcome to the Women Physicians Section
The formation of the MSMA Women Physicians Section (WPS) was approved unanimously at the 2019 MSMA Annual Convention. All female MSMA members are welcome to participate in the Section’s activities. -Joanne Loethen, MD, Kansas City, Women Physicians Section Chair, MSMA Member since 2016 |
Hear What These #WomenInMedicine Say About WPS and MSMA Membership
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Joanne Loethen, MD, on WPS Sarah Florio, MD, on Membership Ramona Behshad, MD, on Legislative Wins
Participate in MSMA's Physician of the Day Program
From left, MSMA Physician of the Day volunteers have included Jennifer Allen, MD; Tamara Goldschmidt, MD; and Lauren Umstattd, MD.
Making News
- Female Surgeons Are Still Treated as Second-Class Citizens, from Scientific American
- Camaraderie Plus Leadership Training Equals Wellness for These Women in Neurology, from Neurology Today
- Being a Doctor is Hard. It's Harder for Women, from New York Times
- When the Surgeon is a Mom, from New York Times
- The Majority of U.S. Medical Students Are Now Women, from Association of American Medical Colleges
- Click here to access the online library for MSMA's peer-reviewed medical journal, Missouri Medicine.
MSMA Bylaws - WPS
Chapter XIII. Women Physicians Section
Section 1. Membership. Membership in the Section shall be limited to Missouri State Medical Association members who are female.
Section 2. Governing Council. There shall be a Governing Council of the Women Physicians Section to direct programs and activities of the Section, subject to approval of the MSMA Council.
Section 3. Members of the Governing Council. There shall be eight voting members of the Governing Council, consisting of the Officers, Delegate, Alternate Delegate, Councilor, and Vice Councilor elected at the business meeting of the Section.
Section 4. Term. Governing Council members, including Councilor and Vice Councilor, shall serve two year terms, beginning at the conclusion of the Annual Convention at which they were elected.
Section 5. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring on the Governing Council will be filled at the next business meeting of the Section.
Section 6. There shall be a meeting of members of the Section held prior to each Annual Convention of the MSMA House of Delegates.
Section 7. Representative to the Section Meeting. The annual meeting of the Section shall be open to any member of the Women Physicians Section.
Section 8. Purpose of the business meeting. The purpose of the business meeting shall be:
Section 1. Membership. Membership in the Section shall be limited to Missouri State Medical Association members who are female.
Section 2. Governing Council. There shall be a Governing Council of the Women Physicians Section to direct programs and activities of the Section, subject to approval of the MSMA Council.
Section 3. Members of the Governing Council. There shall be eight voting members of the Governing Council, consisting of the Officers, Delegate, Alternate Delegate, Councilor, and Vice Councilor elected at the business meeting of the Section.
- (a.) Officers. The Officers of the Section shall be elected annually and have the following duties and responsibilities.
- (b.) Chair. The Chair shall preside at the business meetings of the Section and at the meetings of the Governing Council.
- (c.) Vice Chair. The Vice Chair shall assist the Chair and preside in the absence of the Chair or at her request.
- (d.) Secretary/Treasurer. The Secretary/Treasurer shall maintain such records and accounts as be necessary or advisable for the conduct of the activities of the Section.
- (e.) Immediate Past Chair. To serve as an Officer of the Section.
- (f.) Delegate and Alternate Delegate. The Delegate and Alternate Delegate shall represent the Section in the MSMA House of Delegates. The Delegate and Alternate Delegate shall be elected in alternate years.
- (g.) Councilor and Vice Councilor. The Councilor and Vice Councilor shall represent the Section on the MSMA Council.
- (h.) The Section shall elect Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the AMA Women Physicians Section.
Section 4. Term. Governing Council members, including Councilor and Vice Councilor, shall serve two year terms, beginning at the conclusion of the Annual Convention at which they were elected.
Section 5. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring on the Governing Council will be filled at the next business meeting of the Section.
Section 6. There shall be a meeting of members of the Section held prior to each Annual Convention of the MSMA House of Delegates.
Section 7. Representative to the Section Meeting. The annual meeting of the Section shall be open to any member of the Women Physicians Section.
Section 8. Purpose of the business meeting. The purpose of the business meeting shall be:
- (a.) To hear such reports as may be appropriate.
- (b.) To consider and vote upon such matters as may properly come before the meeting.
- (c.) To adopt resolutions for submission by the Section to the MSMA House of Delegates.
- (d.) To elect a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, Delegate, Alternate Delegate, Councilor, and Vice Councilor.
- (e.) To conduct such business as may properly come before the meeting.
