Advocacy and Outreach

Organizations

Our faculty and residents have participated in events with local and national organizations, including: 

• Black Boys and Men in Medicine  
• Family and Community Medicine STEM Careers High School Summer Camp Sim Lab Experience  
• Fredrick Douglas High School 
• Girl Scouts of America 
• Student National Medical Association 
• University of Kentucky College of Medicine First Generation in Medicine Student Interest Group 
• University of Kentucky Hues in Medicine 

Meetings

In addition to these programs, our faculty and residents hold Women in Emergency Medicine meetings every other month where we discuss common issues encountered by women in medicine, including: 

• Feedback and resident evaluation  
• Fertility and pregnancy  
• Contract negotiation and self-advocacy  
• Intimate partner violence  
• Underrepresentation in medicine 

As part of these meetings, our residency leadership team created a departmental policy on resident scheduling during pregnancy beginning June 2024. The goal is to minimize overnight shifts for residents during the first and third trimester of pregnancy.