Society for Women in Academic Psychiatry:
Mentoring the Next Generation
Andreea L. Seritan, M.D., Jessica Ferranti, M.D., Stacey Peerson, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
Results:
Background:
Society for Women in Academic Psychiatry
Women’s faculty development and peer mentoring
group founded in May 2005 in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at U.C. Davis
Ph.D. women as % of department Ph.D.s in 2005-2010*
80
80
70
Goals:
1. Education on gender differences for trainees, faculty,
and community, leading to improved patient care
2. Mentoring of women faculty, residents, and medical
students
3. Identification of successful strategies for retention of
women faculty in the department and in academic
psychiatry.
50
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Women as % of total Psychiatry department by rank in 2005-2010
70
60
Methods:
Results:
60
40
50
UCD 2005
UCD 2006
UCD 2007
UCD 2008
UCD 2009
UCD 2010
Nat'l 2009
30
40
20
10
30
0
Bimonthly meetings
Invited guest speakers
Educational projects
Social events
Webpage:
www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/aboutus/swap.html
UCD 2005 UCD 2006 UCD 2007 UCD 2008 UCD 2009 UCD 2010 Nat'l 2009
*Includes Psy.D.
Total 2010 Ph.D.s = 24
Total 2010 M.D.s = 49
20
10
0
Residents
Assistant
Associate
Professor
Total
Source: AAMC Women in U.S. Academic Medicine: Statistics and Benchmarking Report 2008-2009
M.D. women as % of department M.D.s in 2005-2010*
May 2008,
3rd
SWAP birthday party
September 2006, with Ellen Daniell, Ph.D.
40
35
30
25
20
May 2009,
15
10
5
0
UCD 2005 UCD 2006 UCD 2007 UCD 2008 UCD 2009 UCD 2010 Nat'l 2009
* Includes D.O., M.D. Ph.D.
4th
SWAP birthday party
October 2005, social event with residents
Among women faculty in 2010:
• 5 M.D.s are graduates of UCD
Psychiatry residency
• 5 Ph.D./Psy.D.s are graduates
of UCD Psychology Postdoctoral
Fellowship
Educational products:
1. APA 2007 workshop: “Mentoring of Women in Academic Psychiatry”
2. CCPS 2007 workshop: “Women at Work”
3. AAP 2008 DVD media presentation: “SWAP: 3& Up”
4. AAP 2009 workshop: “Have Wings, Will Fly”
5. 2 published papers (Academic Psychiatry)
6. 4 posters presented at AAP/AAMC meetings
7. PGY-4 Gender and Sexuality curriculum (part of 2010 AADPRT
Model Curriculum in Cultural Psychiatry)
8. PGY-4 elective clinical rotation in women’s mental health
9. Collaborative research projects
10. Community outreach activities.
Conclusions:
Total 2010 department faculty = 73
October 2007, Mental Health Walk, Sacramento
The authors acknowledge support from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis.
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The percentage of women faculty has increased over 2005-2010
Women M.D.s remain at lower percentage than national average
The turnover of women M.D.s is high and most are at junior level
Peer mentoring is an important component of faculty development.