<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[sheMD]]></title><description><![CDATA[sheMD]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 22:49:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.shemd.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[You’re Allowed to Take Up Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are many moments in emergency medicine where it is easy to make yourself smaller.

It can happen in a crowded trauma bay, where multiple voices compete for attention and decisions need to be made quickly. It can happen on a consult call, where you are trying to advocate for a patient while navigating interruptions or differing opinions. It can happen in meetings, where you have something meaningful to contribute but hesitate, unsure of when or how to enter the conversation.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/you-re-allowed-to-take-up-space</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e10e39c4c584cedb04ec88</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_effcf2fa63a04bcca4a569f4bbb9daec~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Is Finite, And So Are We]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Time Is Finite, Dr. Jenna Taglienti writes about being a physician, a program director, a parent and then suddenly, a patient. A diagnosis that did not fit the narrative. A life that, from the outside, looked full and stable, interrupted in a way no one expects.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/time-is-finite-and-so-are-we</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e54eb90c8d230c9e9370b8</guid><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:54:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_a8acd1c10369487fb351b7928337c562~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SheMD Journal Club: Differences in Emergency Medicine Resident Procedural Reporting by Gender in the United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why is this article important?

We’ve spent years studying gender differences in evaluations, feedback, and operative experience. But in Emergency Medicine—where procedural competence is core to training—we’ve had surprisingly little data on something fundamental:



Do men and women residents actually get the same procedural experience?

Because in EM, opportunity = experience = competence = confidence.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/shemd-journal-club-differences-in-emergency-medicine-resident-procedural-reporting-by-gender-in-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e10cd926cccc5d78fc3429</guid><category><![CDATA[Journal Club]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:24:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_072f39aaf8914dfaa30071a31bfc4307~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven Tips for Sanity as a sheMD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Work life balance —it is a phrase we are hearing everywhere . It seems our entire society is overworked, tired and trying to find a way out. In reality the concept  seems nebulous.  What does it mean to be balanced? Can one really have true balance? Today Dr. Anne Slater joins us on the blog to discuss how to find balance or get back to equilibrium in your life.  Keep reading for great advice... This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/seven-tips-for-sanity-as-a-shemd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d4e77ac6eea1c001769fbc4</guid><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_deec2460d72c48cf98f058e75600001c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Annie Slater</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Things Tired]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a phrase I lived by in residency. It wasn't something I read in a book or heard at a wellness lecture. It's something I figured out the hard way, somewhere between a 12-hour shift and a Tuesday, I can't fully remember.

]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/do-things-tired</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3e8a3c53e2b8fe1246d3e</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pre-Med]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:09:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_e5189654477e46c38d789e98c023843d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Jeanne Rabalais</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a No From Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning to say “no” is a popular topic for conferences and blogs targeted to women in medicine.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/it-s-a-no-from-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3e552954483bc038828ae</guid><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:57:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_f1292f8d12844ac796661bb37dbc39c5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Jennifer Caputo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SheMD Journal Club: Work-Family Conflict and the Sex Difference in Depression Among Training Physicians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Per the ACGME, depression and suicide rates among physicians is 1.41 times higher than the general population in men and 2.27 times higher in women. This article looks at the increases in depressive symptoms among residents in their intern year. It compares scores between men and women and then looks at the relationship among depressive symptoms and work-family-conflict. It is important to find solutions and modifiable risk factors to improve mental health and wellness among physicians. ]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/journal-club-work-family-conflict-and-the-sex-difference-in-depression-among-training-physicians</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63df575dbcffe432b597e1ff</guid><category><![CDATA[Journal Club]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_86648657380d4b87b8f9be296412694a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Meghan McCallister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You’re Not Behind, You’re Just Early in the Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a moment in training that almost everyone experiences—but very few people talk about. It’s the moment where you look around and feel like everyone else has figured it out. They seem faster, more confident, more decisive. They present smoothly, make plans quickly, and move through the department in a way that feels just out of reach. And quietly, almost without realizing it, you start to wonder if you’re behind.]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/you-re-not-behind-you-re-just-early-in-the-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d0286470c127bc4edf9e48</guid><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_9c10eab9fca44cfdad062cd29db983b1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Matching and Moving On]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monday, March 12, 2018 was probably the single most devastating day of my life. When I received that email in my inbox stating I didn’t match, I hoped to god I was stuck in a bad dream. But the days ticked by like clockwork and I knew that this was my new reality. I ran the whole gamut of emotions during Match Week from denial, betrayal, indignation, shame, humiliation, self-loathing, to finally acceptance, understanding, gratitude, and peace. I hope that by sharing my personal story of how I...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/not-matching-and-moving-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ca98888d3298500153db9eb</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:43:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_7a781c78a43d4a11b2d228b3fbae5902~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Jenny Wang</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unmatched:  Learning Resilience Through Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[The match process for physicians is one of the most stressful and complicated parts of medical training.  It can feel like years of hard work culminating into one email.  One of our SheMD #girlbosses Amanda Ederle visits the blog today to talk about the experience of not matching into a position and how to move from there.  This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Read our disclosure  for more info....]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/unmatched-learning-resilience-through-failure</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60fd5adf1cfe2a0015991f8a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_1888fabc4c044b44ba48b1eba838c0b9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amanda Ederle, MD</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White Coat Isn’t the Beginning—It’s a Reminder]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something undeniably powerful about a White Coat Ceremony. The room is full—families, mentors, faculty, and a group of students standing on the edge of something enormous. There’s pride. There’s excitement. And if we’re being honest… there’s also a quiet undercurrent of doubt.

Am I ready for this? Do I belong here?]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/the-white-coat-isn-t-the-beginning-it-s-a-reminder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c94b69495b61304353e188</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:07:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_5934db15ce1c42f9864fbe7fdb949c72~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lexie Mannix</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Negotiation for the New Attending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly 5 years into practice, I have negotiated my first contract, multiple pay increases, call compensation, and independent contractor status.  I prepared by researching my market value and reading about negotiation strategy.  The following are some points I have learned along the way.   If you negotiate in medicine, you may feel like the only one. Over the years, my mid-career colleagues confided that they have not received a single pay increase, only the occasional pay cut, or extra call...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/negotiation-for-the-new-attending</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c8bb918f53fae001cac23aa</guid><category><![CDATA[How We Rise]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:24:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_ab57cf57e4454821b920e1fe157c5569~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Barbara Hamilton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to Accept my Position as an Unmatched Physician]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Read our disclosure  for more info. It doesn’t matter how many times I prepared myself for the moment. It doesn’t matter that I told all my friends and family to understand that there is a real possibility I might not receive the email that we were all hoping for. There was still a part of me, probably bigger than I realized at the time, that thought this...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/learning-to-accept-my-position-as-an-unmatched-physician</link><guid isPermaLink="false">652eb1d0571b7d33d0884ec2</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:34:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_d4ea8a8d5f4d4d1386384a2c8371b12a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Shae Margulies, MD</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Match Story of Failure &#38; Success]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was presented with the opportunity to write a piece for SheMD, I was immediately excited to sign up for the task. My husband knows this well, he has heard me say it for only the last 10 years or so: I want to write. I really  want to write. I want to write about so many different things.  And with the exception of grade school poetry, college term papers, the occasional essay exam question, and one review article I had published in 2006 in a medical journal, I have never written any...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/a-match-story-of-failure-success</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c8bb1e7913159001c75bbec</guid><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_f95545e7d2144d44a8ffa4f72c3822ce~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Sacharitha Bowers </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Physician's Struggle With Infertility]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Editor of SheMD, I'm sharing my story of #PhysicianInfertility, because we have to start the conversation. We have to talk about the fact that we, female physicians, have INCREASED rates of infertility.  Physician infertility isn't something we learn about in medical school.  We learn about physician infertility when we become the patient, when it may be too late. My fertility journey is not typical.  I have not spent years “trying”.  In fact, I have spent years trying NOT  to get...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/a-physician-s-struggle-with-infertility</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5bdb3dc8c9c436001a6f4781</guid><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Med School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pre-Med]]></category><category><![CDATA[Residency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moms In Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[About sheMD]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:05:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_08ea3c704858494ab1eb36e803de06ab~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Melissa Parsons</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Physician's Infertility Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost to you should you click the link and make a purchase. Read our disclosure  for more info. In medicine, there is an added pressure among female physicians to be “strong.” To work extra hard as a physician (while also being a perfect “mom,” “wife,” or “daughter” outside the hospital), and to exhibit resiliency when faced with micro aggressions and inequality in the workplace. Yet, even after years of clinical...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/a-physician-s-infertility-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62c362d5c323c7f997bda2a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Moms In Medicine]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_27404d6845cc4a009e99356256e4aa10~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Arushi Hukku</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Freeze or Not to Freeze: Elective Fertility Preservation and Egg or Embryo Freezing]]></title><description><![CDATA[In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week #NIAW2022 and the reality that ONE in FOUR female physicians will face infertility, we're sharing information on egg and embryo freezing or cryopreservation. These are very personal decisions, and there is NO RIGHT ANSWER. Our goal is to empower women to make the decisions that are "right" for their personal lives - allowing them to choose both career and family if they so desire.  We aim to provide information to help future generations of...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/to-freeze-or-not-to-freeze-elective-fertility-preservation-and-egg-or-embryo-freezing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62697e94ce995b367a37766a</guid><category><![CDATA[Moms In Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Work-Life Integration]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:02:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_9b8c3fb150cc4c0db138b0776b8c0cd2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Prati A Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fertility and Medical Education]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to have kids young and I want to get married young. This is a strange thing to hear from a twenty-two year old in 2019. “Don’t you want to live your life and not be tied down?”, “You have to be established in your career first.”. Other women look at me as if I am telling them I want to be a housewife and I’m setting the feminist movement back sixty years. These are the types of comments I get from my friends.  The same friends who at twenty-two are done with school, begin their...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/fertility-and-medical-education</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ddd6c0dc2721f0017fc2298</guid><category><![CDATA[Women In Healthcare]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wellness]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:01:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b0e4f6_c800c708f5344ab29caf0be43fddccba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Anonymous </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infertility:  A truly global issue that does not discriminate and that we have the power to overcome]]></title><description><![CDATA[As medical students, residents, fellows and newly minted attending physicians, we pride ourselves in practicing evidence-based, data driven medicine. Statistics, randomized-controlled trials, level 1 evidence and highly powered studies are what contribute to our armory of data that we use to diagnose and treat medical issues. Well, infertility is no exception and recent and current data is clearly showing that this is a growing global health issue that affects men and women regardless of...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/infertility-a-truly-global-issue-that-does-not-discriminate-and-that-we-have-the-power-to-overcome</link><guid isPermaLink="false">644ba56aa28822a78ab472e5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:16:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_727827812a174c5f9de7d48f126e2514~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Prati A Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Talk about Physician Infertility]]></title><description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader recently posted a piece on fertility and medical education.  She posed some important questions to this community of brilliant and inspiring physicians: What your journey was like?  For those that balanced being supermom during residency, HOW? For those physicians struggling with infertility, looking back, was it worth it? Will it be worth it for me? What advice would you give young trainees for whom having children is a top priority in their lives just like medicine?...]]></description><link>https://www.shemd.org/post/let-s-talk-about-physician-infertility</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5debb06ebde73b0018e02256</guid><category><![CDATA[Moms In Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wellness]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:00:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9c736_ce242cb8aa9f41618d296d8e2755c38e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Melissa Parsons</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>