Mid-career invisibility occurs when highly qualified women are disregarded, ignored, or fall out of the career pipeline even as they rise in professional stature. The phenomenon results from the intersection of numerous well-documented micro- and macro-inequities; additionally, even if women in their early career receive professional accolades and attention, that intentional support may wane towards mid-career. Ambiguous feedback, vague promotion criteria not aligned with responsibilities, low institutional support for leadership advancement, increased burdens of unsupported citizenship tasks (with accompanying risks of being on “stairs to nowhere” rather than “escalators” to leadership roles), experiences of microaggressions, bias, or harassment, and often being primary carers for family members including aging parents, are all contributing factors to mid-career invisibility. Unfortunately, little research describes the experiences of midcareer invisibility for women of intersectional identities; furthermore, there is no known information on the experiences of women clinical informaticians in a discipline (informatics) that involves boundary-spanning roles which frequently require wearing multiple professional “hats.” transitions across various sectors (e.g., academia, industry, government, non-government, and/or additional sectors) often occur in the career of an informatics professional; the relationship of such career transitions to women clinical informaticians’ mid-career experiences and potential invisibility is not known. After an initial introduction to the core topic of this panel, each panelist will share their lived experiences, reflections, and tips for overcoming common contributors to mid-career invisibility.
Learning Objectives
- Identify and explain key factors contributing to mid-career invisibility among highly qualified women, including micro- and macro-inequities, unsupported professional tasks, and systemic barriers to leadership advancement.
- Evaluate how intersectional identities and career transitions across sectors uniquely impact the mid-career experiences of women clinical informaticians, and apply panelists’ strategies to mitigate or navigate these challenges in professional settings.
Moderator
- Tiffany Leung, MD, MPH, FACP, FAMIA, FEFIM (JMIR Publications)
Speakers
- Rebecca Mishuris, MD, MS, MPH (Mass General Brigham)
- William Hersh, MD, FACMI, FAMIA (Oregon Health and Science University)
- Victoria Tiase, PhD, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA, FAAN, FNAP (University of Utah)
- Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIAA (University of California Irvine)
About CME/CNE Credit
The following information pertains to individual sessions included in the AMIA 2025 Clinical Informatics Conference On Demand product. A total of 16.75 CME/CNE credits may be earned if all sessions are completed.
Continuing Education Credit
Physicians
The American Medical Informatics Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Medical Informatics Association designates this online enduring material for 16.75 AMA PRA Category 1™ credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Claim credit no later than within two years of the release date or within one year of your purchase date, whichever is sooner.
ANNC Accreditation Statement
The American Medical Informatics Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
- Nurse Planner (Content): Robin Austin, PhD, DNP, DC, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA, FAAN
- Approved Contact Hours: 16.75 participant maximum CME/CNE
ACHIPsTM
AMIA Health Informatics Certified ProfessionalsTM (ACHIPsTM) can earn 1 professional development unit (PDU) per contact hour.
ACHIPsTM may use CME/CNE certificates or the ACHIPsTM Recertification Log to report 2025 CIC sessions attended for ACHIPsTM Recertification.
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