WEPAN and NASEM Present: Supporting Caregivers in STEM
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Description
Caregiving is a universal experience--whether providing care for children or aging relatives or receiving care when ailing, everyone at some point will be touched by caregiving. And yet, caregiving is stigmatized and under-supported in the US and academic STEMM.
WEPAN partnered with NASEM to discuss their report "Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM," which describes the ways in which the labor and contributions of caregivers are often invisible and undervalued, with a specific focus on the academic STEMM ecosystem, including undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, resident physicians and other trainees, tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty, staff, and researchers.
This report reviews policies and practices that support caregivers, locally and nationally, and describes best practices in policy implementation and design.
The webinar features members of the report team along with STEM professionals sharing their experiences as institutional leaders and caregivers.
Resources
Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM NASEM Report
Resources
Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM NASEM Report
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