Leadership and work-life-balance beyond traditional gender roles
A. Riecher-RösslerIntroduction
More women than men enter psychiatry in the meantime, but the proportion of female leaders is still very low
Objectives
In this interactive session you will get to know
some data on gender and career in medicine and psychiatry, on career obstacles for women including their structural, but also psychological reasons, esp. the influence of traditional gender roles, on the negative consequences for both female and male psychiatrists and their patients, and on alternative solutions.
Methods
overview and discussion
Results
In order to promote careers and work-life balance for both genders in psychiatry we need
structural reforms Mentoring with early start and ongoing coaching Questioning of traditional gender roles and promoting role models