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 r

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 li

Today Dr. Sabrina Gerkowicz, a reproductive endocrinologist shares with us some very important findings on physician infertility.

Here at sheMD, we believe in the importance of practicing Evidence-Based Medicine. We believe the same principles apply to discussing Gender and Medical Education. Therefore, we are bringing you an entire Journal Club series! Our series will focus on foundational and new literature within the gender and medicine space. Today, we will be discussing the article entitled, Pregnancy and Motherhood During Surgical Training by Erika L. Rangel, MD; Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH; Manuel

Here at sheMD, we believe in the importance of practicing Evidence-Based Medicine. We believe the same principles apply to discussing Gender and Medical Education. Therefore, we are bringing you an entire Journal Club series! Our series will focus on foundational and new literature within the gender and medicine space. Today, we will be discussing the article entitled, The Impact of COVID-19 on the Gender Distribution of Emergency Medicine Journal Authors. https://www.scie

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