Mentorship helps women overcome mid-career leadership hurdles

CHICAGO — Reflection, courage and communication are key to being an effective leader in a rapidly changing medical landscape.
Nancy D. Spector, MD, executive director of Drexel University College of Medicine’s Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program, told Healio that the skills to be a leader take career-long development.
At the Power of Women in Medicine Summit, Spector discussed the challenges women face as they progress through their careers in medicine and how they can overcome those barriers and uncertain times to become effective leaders. Healio spoke with Spector about how