In this episode of Our Voices, Our Future, we welcome Frances McGill RN MD, FACOG, a professor Emeritus and graduate from St. George University. She completed her Internship in Internal Medicine in the Brigham -Waltham – Brockton Program in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Residency in Obstetrics-Gynecology, at Women and Infants Hospital, Brown University.

During this episode we have a compelling discussion on implicit bias in medical education—she explores how unconscious preferences shape decisions and offers strategies for recognizing and dismantling bias to create a fairer, more inclusive path into medicine.

To learn more about the data and articles referenced in this podcast: The MATCH : https://www.nrmp.org/intro-to-the-match/ AMCAS American Medical Colleges Admissions Service: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school-amcas/american-medical-college-application-service-amcas

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Application Overload - A Call to Reduce the Burden of Applying to Medical School Rochelle P Walensky 1 , Loren D Walensky NEJMp2414572. Epub 2025 Mar 29. 2025 Apr 3;392(13):1251-1254. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2414572.

Striving for Gender Equity in Academic Medicine Careers: A Call to Action Carol Bates et al. Acad Med 2016 Aug;91(8):1050-2. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001283.

Diversity in Medical Schools: A Much-Needed New Beginning. Montgomery Rice V. JAMA. 2021 Jan 5;325(1):23-24. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.21576. PMID: 33399846 7 Diversity in Medical Schools-Need for a New Bold Approach.

Yancy CW, Bauchner H. JAMA. 2021 Jan 5;325(1):31-32. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.23601. PMID: 33399830

Trends in Female Physicians Entering High-Compensation Specialties, 2008 to 2022 Karina Pereira-Lima et al JAMA 2024 Sep 30;332(16):1390-1392. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.17516. Online ahead of print.

Parenthood and Paychecks-The Gender Pay Gap in Medicine Kyung Mi Kim et al 2025 Jan 21;333(3):201-202. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.22123.

You can also reach out to Dr. McGill via email: fmcgill@sgu.edu

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