WIM Mission Statement :
WIM Mission Statement WIM is dedicated to addressing topics of family, significant others, and work environments that affect both women and men.
Our goal is to highlight topics relevant to both genders that are not typically discussed in other settings.
It is not aimed at women only; we strive to attain cohesiveness between the genders and discuss issues that each faces both together and separately.
Goals for Next Year :
Goals for Next Year Increase female matriculation
Create a scholarship from WIM
Increase AMA and AMSA interaction
White Coat Ceremony Increase female scholarship distribution
Increase awareness of women’s health issues and social and cultural expectations
Events for Next Year :
Events for Next Year Women’s Retreat in the fall
Admissions Breakfasts in the fall and winter
Women in Medicine Day in the spring
Mentor Match-Up with local female physicians as well a “Big” from the Med 2 class
Meeting topics:
Relationships
Women’s Health Awareness
Stress Relief
Harrassment
Eating Disorders
Reproductive Choices
Halloween Party
What’s special about us??:
What’s special about us?? We’ve volunteered in countries such as Costa Rica, France, Australia, Guatemala, Samoan Islands and Mauritania
We’ve conducted research in everything from oncology to pediatric nephrology to dermatology.
We are firefighters and EMTs
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We are professional dancers and have toured the world and worked on Broadway
We have done archeological work in Turkey and Peru
We are mothers, teachers, leaders, athletes and we will be the next group of amazing female doctors.
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“Be the doctor your parents told you to marry”
OSU WIM Class of 2009