critical care: no place for a woman?

CRITICAL CARE: NO PLACE FOR A WOMAN?

KARIN AMREIN

(PART II OF SEX IN CRITICAL CARE

BY CHRISTINE BOWLES)

BUT THE MAJORITY...

ARE WOMEN

BIG BOYSBIG TOYS?

BUT YOU DON‘T LOOK LIKE A PROFESSOR

ARE YOU REALLY A DOCTOR?

YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM, THEY FALL IN

LOVE WITH YOU, AND WHEN YOU CRITICIZE

THEM, THEY CRY

Tim Hunt 2015

LEAN IN

NEPOTISM AND SEXISM IN PEER REVIEW

JOHN JOAN

CARING FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT

The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock

(SEPSIS-3)

JAMA 2016

CARING FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTThe Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock

(Sepsis-3)

Mervyn Singer; Clifford S. Deutschman; Christopher Warren Seymour; Manu Shankar-Hari; Djillali Annane;

Michael Bauer; Rinaldo Bellomo; Gordon R. Bernard; Jean-Daniel Chiche; Craig M. Coopersmith; Richard S. Hotchkiss; Mitchell M. Levy; John C. Marshall; Greg S. Martin; Steven

M. Opal; Gordon D. Rubenfeld; Tom van der Poll; Jean-Louis Vincent; Derek C. Angus

JAMA 2016

WOMEN AS ICU TRAINEES

35%

WOMEN AS ICU

CONSULTANTS21% (UK)

WOMEN IN ICU EDITORIAL

BOARDS7%

WOMEN IN ESICM FACULTY

15%

WOMEN FACULTY

Dr James Fox often refers conference organisers to female conference bingo, when he asks for women to be included on panels with him. Photo: www.feministe.us

WOMEN @SMACC DUB

ATTENDEES 50%SPEAKERS 40%

SMACC DUBFEMALE SPEAKERS

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

NOT A FULL-TIME INTENSIVIST

MUMHOBBY INTENSIVIST ENDOCRINOLOGIST

PARENTS: YOU KNOW!

NON-PARENTS: YOU HAVE NO IDEA…

MOTHERHOOD PENALTY FATHERHOOD BONUS

MOTHERHOOD PENALTY

LESS COMPETENT ?

LESS COMMITTED?

HELD TO HIGHER STANDARDS

PRESENTED WITH FEWER OPPORTUNITIES

10-2011

JAMA09-2014

06-2013

07-2013

ESICM 09-2014

SCIENTISTS WANT MORE CHILDREN

PLOS ONE 2011

DAVIES INTENSIVE CARE FOR INTENSIVISTS

WOMENINTENSIVE.ORG

FEMINEM

ICU PARENTS NETWORK

MCKINSEY WOMEN MATTER

LEANIN.ORG

#DISTRACTINGLYSEXY

WHAT WOULD YOU DO

WHAT WOULD YOU DO

IF YOU WERE NOT AFRAID?

CRITICAL CARE: A GREAT PLACE FOR A

WOMAN!

GENDER BIASWHEN A WOMAN ASSERTS HERSELF, SHE IS OFTEN CALLED “AGGRESSIVE” WHEN A MAN DOES THE SAME, HE IS SEEN AS “CONFIDENT”.

AGGRESSIVE

CONFIDENT

GENDER BIAS

WOMEN ARE TYPICALLY HIRED AND PROMOTED BASED

ON WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED

WHILE MEN ARE HIRED AND PROMOTED

BASED ON THEIR POTENTIAL

GENDER BIASWOMEN ARE GIVEN LESS CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES AND BLAMED MORE FOR FAILURE.

IN ADDITION, MEN TYPICALLY ATTRIBUTE THEIR SUCCESS TO INNATE QUALITIES AND SKILLS.