Gender and Diversity in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, An Issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

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Title page

Table of Contents

Copyright

Contributors

Forthcoming Issues

Preface

Gender Issues and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Advanced Education Program Accreditation

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The Odyssey of Mentoring: “A Paradigm Shift from Baby Boomer to Millennial and Beyond”

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Introduction

Literature search

Effective mentors and mentees

Role models/coaches/teaching

Mentoring models

Mentorship in oral and maxillofacial surgery: where are we?

The Gender Pay Gap in Oral Surgery

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Introduction

Scope of the problem

Explaining the gender pay gap

Gender stereotypes and implicit bias

Gender differences in employment negotiation

Gender expectations among patients

Gender and family life

Strategies to eliminate the gender pay gap

Summary

Developing a Research Career

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Introduction

Training surgeon-scientists

Essentials of a research career

Barriers

Research career opportunities

Funding mechanisms

Summary

Work–Life Balance for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

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Introduction

Work–life integration in oral and maxillofacial surgery

Work–life conflict and burnout

Gender and work–life integration

Ethnicity and work–life integration

Strategies for work–life integration

Summary

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Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Professional Career of Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

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The COVID-19 pandemic

Gender inequity in the specialty

Quarantine issues for women in oral and maxillofacial surgery

Pay gap and tenure track

Physician burnout

Lack of in-person meetings, interviews, externships

Summary

Disclosure statement

Where Are the Women: Evolution of Women’s Specialty Organizations

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Introduction

Women surgeons/women oral surgeons

Association of Women Surgeons

Women in plastic surgery

Orthopedic surgery

Women in Neurosurgery

Women in Thoracic Surgery

Women in OMF

Summary

Trends in Diversity Related to Gender and Race in the Surgical Specialties and Subspecialties Inclusive of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

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The Diversity Bonus in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

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Introduction

Definitions

Discussion

Summary

Clinics care points