DocumentCode
1818694
Title
Women in biomedical engineering and health informatics
Author
McGregor, C. ; Frize, M.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Western Sydney, Sydney
fYear
2007
fDate
22-26 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
238
Lastpage
238
Abstract
The topics discussed in this paper include: career/family balance, experiences with and strategies to eliminate glass ceilings together with working in a profession perceived to be male dominated. Time Management is a pre-requisite to professional success and income and societal impact are directly related to a person´s ability to do good time management. There are some simple but fundamental guidelines that can be implemented by anyone and that have large and lasting impacts. This brief overview will go over some of the secrets of time management. It is concluded that a fantastic networking opportunity is utilised to build and establish new professional networks with other women interested in the fields of expertise.
Keywords
biomedical engineering; gender issues; professional aspects; time management; biomedical engineering; career-family balance; health informatics; male dominated profession; professional networks; professional success; societal impact; time management; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical informatics; Engineering profession; Technology management; Biomedical Engineering; Career Choice; Female; Humans; Informatics; Women, Working;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Lyon
ISSN
1557-170X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0787-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352267
Filename
4352267
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