In addition to our submissions and Summer Research Fellowships, Level members have written a number of articles on issues relevant to gender in Australian medicine. They’re collected briefly below. Get in touch with us if you think there’s anything to add to the list!
Confused about the gender pay gap? Read this article by our wonderful former Policy Officer, Leah Ginnivan.
This journal article was co-authored by our CEO and founder, Dr Josephine De Costa, and published in the International Journal of Surgery Global Health.
Why do women leave surgical training? Listen to our CEO and founder, Dr Josephine De Costa, talk about it on the ABC’s the Health report.
This is a speech by our CEO and founder, Dr Josephine De Costa, at the NSW Greens launch of the #End12campaign to take abortion out of the Crimes Act and for protection zones around clinics
This Sydney Morning Herald article about gendered discrimination in surgery featured Dr Sarah McLain, our former policy and advocacy coordinator.
How can we increase female recruitment to surgical specialties? This is an article about the role medical schools can play in this arena by our former policy coordinator, Dr Victoria Cook.
This is a more detailed article about the hidden curriculum in surgery published in The Conversation and co-authored by our former policy coordinator, Dr Victoria Cook.
This is an article about the increasing burden placed on medical students and doctors to fix their own mental health issues through ‘Wellness’ initiatives by our Workshop project manager, Imogen Janus.
Conversations about gender in medicine often forget about people who identify outside the gender binary or whose assigned gender at birth does not match that of their gender identity. This article deals with the barriers specifically faced by gender-diverse persons, written by Levellers Meredith Grey and Imogen Janus.