Women and Leadership in Medicine, Science & Engineering
SMPH 650 (Course 31130); IntrEng 650 (Course 15474)
Offered Spring 2012
- Wednesdays & Fridays, 10am–11:40am, 2355 Engineering Hall
- Instructors: Molly Carnes, MD, MS and Carol Isaac, PhD
Course involves review and discussion of research on:
- evolving perspectives of leadership
- evidence-based strategies to negotiate academic medicine, science and engineering
- gender differences in leadership
- unconscious assumptions about the behavior and traits of leaders
- approaches to counteracting biases
Credits: Variable, 1-3, assignments include:
- 1 credit for attending 15 classes, discussion in weekly journal entries and responding to course readings
- 2 credits for attending 20 classes, maintaining a journal and writing a literature review or a research proposal
- 3 credits for attending class every week, maintaining a journal, and completing a research project which results in a paper and in–class presentation
For more information, contact course instructor:
- Molly Carnes, MD, MS
- Professor
- Department of Medicine
- Center for Women's Health Research
- Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute
- 263-9770 or mlcarnes@cwhr.wisc.edu