Isabella Menchetti, MD

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It’s that time of year again! Sign up for the CAEP WEM vertical mentorship program! Deadline to register is July 22! 🥳🥳 forms.gle/A2XAMSHyG2xmog…

Our WEM Vertical Mentorship is now recruiting. It is a great opportunity for collegial mentorship, collaboration and networking 🙌 Just fill in the form below 👇 forms.gle/A2XAMSHyG2xmog…

Gender differences in EM resident assessment: A scoping review by @IMenchetti @DrJLeppard @wjcheungem Dr. Deb Eagles onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… Make sure to check out this great article which was one of the top 10 most #TopCitedArticle in @AEM_ETOnline cc: @CAEP_WomenInEM

« Gender inequity in emergency medicine affects women-identifying providers at all levels of training across Canada » 🗣️ Great research from the team @qemresearch @Qemerg @gjagelav @mellybou11 @Damonjdd1 @MelWalker2019 @CJEMonline link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…

Meet @IMenchetti 👋 PGY3 @emergmedottawa & WEM Resident Representative since 2021. She's the driving force behind the CAEP WEM mentorship program! Did you know about it? @CAEP_Docs #WomeninEM

We hadn't been able to use Etomidate for quite a while because it had been on backorder. Finally having access, Dr. @IMenchetti has done a great comparison of Ketamine and Etomidate in multiple specific clinical scenarios, super useful! emottawablog.com/2024/02/ketami…

Great piece of work by so many amazing EM women 💪 @GillianSheppar9 @MHJudyMorris @ChauPham_EM @IMenchetti @TChanMD @azia_skhan

CALL FOR RESIDENTS🫵 The CAEP WEM committee organizes our resident panel event for medical students! We hope to recruit resident volunteers to sit on our panel and answer questions. The event is tentatively set for Jan. 10th. evening & you can sign up using the Google doc below👇

@CAEP_WomenInEM In the era of EPA’s, trainee feedback should be focused on both growth and performance *specific to* the assessment task itself, and less on personality. In a resus, comments should focus on leadership efficacy, not style, as there is no one correct way or style to lead.

EM Female residents receive more negative feedback in their narrative comments than male residents . Bias is everywhere, and while we can’t eliminate it, let’s at least recognize it. doi.org/10.1002/aet2.1… @IMenchetti

Association is not causation BUT, to all women in medicine, you can be proud of the great work do // Association n’égale pas causalité, MAIS à toutes les femmes en médecine, vous pouvez être fières du travail que vous faites 💪👩🏽‍⚕️ theguardian.com/society/2023/a… @CAEP_Docs @AMUQmd

From a LOR for residency. What about the not males on the selection committee? definitely not holding this against the applicant. 🤦🏼‍♀️

One of the coolest stories you will see this week: Prescriptive housing from the University Health Network. The Hospital network is building 51 modular housing units that can be prescribed to homeless individuals who are highly dependent on emergency rooms. (Thread) #ONpoli

Today's the start of Gender Equality Week @CAEP_Docs dedicated to raising awareness of contributions girls, women and gender-diverse communities have made across the globe, to celebrate achievements in advancing gender equality, to acknowledging gaps to realize full equality

Imagine if we spoke to young men the way we speak to young women and told them their value comes from being husbands/fathers and not from professional accomplishments. We need to stop assuming and start rooting for women to achieve the goals they set for themselves.

"It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are very beautiful and very smart... and it breaks my soul that you think you're not good enough, like we're always supposed to be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong. We have to be skinny, but not too much and you must not say you want to be skinny. You must say you want a healthy weight, but also… YES you have to be skinny. You must have money, but you can’t ask for money because that would be rude. You gotta be a boss, but you can't be tough. You must lead, but you cannot crush other people’s ideas. You’re supposed to love being a mom, but you don’t talk about your kids all the time. You have to be a professional, but also always take care of everyone else. You are responsible for men’s misbehavior, WHICH IS CRAZY, but if you notice that, you’re accused of being a whine. You're expected to keep yourself pretty for men, but not so pretty you 'try them too much' or threaten other women… because you're supposed to be part of the sorority. You must always stand out and always be very grateful… but never forget the system is fixed, so find how to acknowledge it but remember to be grateful. You must never grow old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never stumble, never fail or show fear and, of course, you must never be sassy. It's very hard, it's too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you. And it turns out, in fact, that not only are you doing everything WRONG, but also, everything that happens is YOUR FAULT. I'm tired of seeing myself and every woman doing the impossible for others to love us." - America Ferrera as Gloria Barbie (2023)

“Across Canada, surgical specialists treating women are reimbursed at a lower rate than surgical specialists treating men, for similar procedures” canjsurg.ca/content/66/4/E…

Respect women at work. Respect women at home. Respect women at school. Respect women in politics. Respect women on the road. Respect women in the streets. Respect women on public transport. Respect women online. Respect women EVERYWHERE. RT if you agree!

WOW! This is the view from the The George Washington bridge running from Manhattan, New York to New Jersey. - This is all stemming from Central Canada, where wildfires are burning in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. - In total there are 211 reported wildfires burning in these two provinces, with 145 of them considered "out of control". - These fires started because of unseasonable hot and dry conditions, and have already forced 10,000 residents to evacuate their homes in Quebec. I think what this shows us is how fragile and interconnected the entire world really is environmentally. An event that takes place in another country can have major impacts and implications on our own. We are all in this thing together. Let's get along and work together to figure things out. The environment is a great place to start.