Title :
Women in biomedical engineering and health informatics
Author :
McGregor, C. ; Frize, M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Western Sydney, Sydney
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352267