Tip #4547 - Changing the Face of Medicine
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Changing
the Face of Medicine
On this Web site,
you will discover the women who have changed the face of medicine
presented for you by the National Library of Medicine. You have a
couple options to choose from when browsing this site. Let's go!
First, you can
click the womens' photos at the top of the page and learn about each
woman individually. You can also get to the same information by clicking
into the Physician’s section, where you will also find a search
engine that will allow you to search the physicians by location, ethnicity,
career options, medical field, as well as, a keyword search. You will
also find an alphabetical index of the physicians near the bottom
of the page.
Explore the Exhibition
– This section is divided into five areas. They are: Introduction,
Setting Their Sights, Making Their Mark, Changing Medicine and last,
but not least, Videos.
The Introduction
is basically just a brief intro to each of the sections and it explains
what you’ll find there. You’ll also find the Videos in
the middle of the Introduction page. It was really interesting to
listen to these women talk about their professions, what they’ve
faced and how they feel they are making a difference.
Setting Their
Sights – In the mid-1800s, women fought to be allowed to go
to medical school and ever since their admittance, they have faced
struggles to be accepted as practitioners. Here you will learn about
their triumphs over the stumbling blocks placed in their way as they
fought for their place in medicine.
Making Their Mark
– Here you will learn how women brought new perspective to the
medical field. Women focused on caring for communities, the social
and economic costs of medicines, helping others get medical educations
and even making discoveries that have changed the way medicine was
thought of and applied. I really enjoyed reading the Making Discoveries
portion of this section. It is really all about the discoveries, changes
and practices that women have helped establish. Some of them have
videos that go along with them, some of them have interactive exhibits
and they are all very interesting!
Changing Medicine,
Changing Lives – This section is broken up into three parts:
Caring for People, Transforming the Profession and Taking the Lead.
You will learn here about how women in the medical profession have
shaped the way we receive care, as well as, how they’ve balanced
their professional and personal lives and instituted changes that
overcome the stumbling blocks they have faced in their field. Taking
the Lead sums up what the site is about and it shows a glimpse into
the future. More and more women are at the top of their fields, influencing
change and helping shape how things are done!
I was truly amazed
by the profiles of doctors on this site. I also really enjoyed reading
about the women from the 1800s who fought to get their foot in the
door of medicine. It is really incredible when you stop to think about
how far they’ve come since then. Check it out!
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/
~ Amanda
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