{"id":62231,"date":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/14\/social-media-gives-women-physicians-a-voice\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:20:04","slug":"social-media-gives-women-physicians-a-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/14\/social-media-gives-women-physicians-a-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media gives women physicians a voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>On the outside, Sasha Shillcutt, M.D., was recognized as a successful professional. But she was burned out from the demands of her professional and personal life. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an interesting dichotomy,&#8221; said Dr. Shillcutt, associate professor in the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology. &#8220;I had an empty feeling inside. I had isolated myself from other women being very busy as a physician and mother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Something had to change.<\/p>\n<p>She ultimately started a text group with other women physicians, which grew. Then, she started an online group for women physicians &#8212; kind of like a virtual doctor&#8217;s lounge, she said, which has grown to a community of 8,000.<\/p>\n<p>Social media forums are important, she said, because women might be more apt to reach out and not feel alone in their challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In yesterday&#8217;s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most prestigious medical journals, she wrote about the power of social media and how it provides a platform to bring to light some of the challenges women in medicine face and also allow women to connect in ways not previously possible.<\/p>\n<p>The article, titled, &#8220;Social Media and Advancement of Women Physicians,&#8221; is co-authored by colleague Julie Silver, M.D., Harvard Medical School&#8217;s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>In the paper, the authors expose unconscious bias among both women and men. Dr. Shillcutt said she realized she too had unconscious bias.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled an instance where she had not asked a pregnant physician if  she was interested in taking on a project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought she wouldn&#8217;t be interested because she was pregnant and a busy physician. I realized my own bias and worked to change my own perceptions. It&#8217;s important to bring to light our unconscious bias.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her posts can be found on Facebook at @becomebraveenough and on Twitter at @rubraveenough.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sasha Shillcutt, M.D., tackles topic in New England Journal of Medicine 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