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© 2011 Women in Medicine
email: wim.doctors@gmail.com
History
The History of the Lesbian Physicians Conference
The Women in Medicine Conference, which has taken place every year from 1984 to present,
has aspired to include the following unique qualities in all of our meetings:
In 1984, San Francisco lesbian
physicians Lesley Anderson and Patty
Robertson organized the first
conference for Lesbians Doctors: The
"Women in Medicine Conference", or
"WIM".
Our first Conference took place in
Asilomar, on the Monterey Peninsula
in California. An announcement in the
American Medical News (in an article
by Sari Staver), drew 24 lesbian
physicians from across the United
States and Canada.
The Women in Medicine Conference, which has taken place every year from 1984 to present,
has aspired to include the following unique qualities in all of our meetings:
 | High Quality Continuing Medical Education, often provided by women who are leaders | |
| in their fields | ||
| A cross section of physician specialties in our programs that allows for broader, more | |
| cross specialty collaboration that is not found at most specialty conferences | ||
| A retreat format that welcomes Lesbian physicians, their significant others, and their | |
| children | ||
| Hotel accommodations with communal meals for physicians and their families | |
| Inclusion of significant others of physicians as conference participants | |
| High quality, on site child care | |
| Small groups throughout the conference to increase opportunities for connections with | |
| other attendees | ||
| A scholarship program for Lesbian medical students who would otherwise be unable to | |
| attend | ||
| A formal mentoring program pairing medical students with attendings in practice and | |
| academia |
