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Building relationships with colleagues outside of work is important for career development. 10'000 Hours/Digital Vision via Getty Images

Fishing, strip clubs and golf: How male-focused networking in medicine blocks female colleagues from top jobs

By surveying over 100 people in academic medicine, a researcher found that women are consistently excluded from important networking activities like watching sports, drinking at bars and playing golf.
We now have parity in medical schools, but not in the high-powered positions and specialties in medicine. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Female doctors in Australia are hitting glass ceilings – why?

Women are typically the dominant group within medical schools and yet remain under-represented in formal leadership positions and particular speciality areas.
Committing to genuine action to address the ‘toxic culture’ is a positive step, but the actual detox will require more radical surgery to some deeply held beliefs. Jonathan/Flickr

Surgeons take a scalpel to their own toxic culture

An independent report commissioned by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) released yesterday has found bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination are commonplace in the culture of surgeons…

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