Dr. Casey Seideman

You guys said it so perfectly. I will say I have to admit my first clinical mentoring conference was very powerful. I was fangirling over you both. I was so excited to meet you in person and to connect with you. I feel like the mentoring conference is a really special conference that's held every year.

It's such an amazing opportunity to really let your guard down or let your armor down and connect with people across the country. They may be in different areas of urology or different walks of their training, but it's really powerful.

It's such an amazing opportunity to really let your guard down or let your armor down and connect with people across the country. They may be in different areas of urology or different walks of their training, but it's really powerful.

It's such an amazing opportunity to really let your guard down or let your armor down and connect with people across the country. They may be in different areas of urology or different walks of their training, but it's really powerful.

Could you tell me a little bit about what makes the mentoring conference so special, especially for folks who might not have ever attended but have been kind of curious about it?

Could you tell me a little bit about what makes the mentoring conference so special, especially for folks who might not have ever attended but have been kind of curious about it?

Could you tell me a little bit about what makes the mentoring conference so special, especially for folks who might not have ever attended but have been kind of curious about it?

I love that so much. I think there's really two big things that I take away from the clinical mentoring conference. Number one is this ability to discuss the quote unquote hidden curriculum, right? How do you succeed as a woman or a gender diverse individual in urology when you make up 10% of practicing urologists?

I love that so much. I think there's really two big things that I take away from the clinical mentoring conference. Number one is this ability to discuss the quote unquote hidden curriculum, right? How do you succeed as a woman or a gender diverse individual in urology when you make up 10% of practicing urologists?

I love that so much. I think there's really two big things that I take away from the clinical mentoring conference. Number one is this ability to discuss the quote unquote hidden curriculum, right? How do you succeed as a woman or a gender diverse individual in urology when you make up 10% of practicing urologists?

And there's actually a lot of nuance to that and living that experience and hearing stories from women who have done it before is really powerful. But also meeting people in real life and having the opportunity to eat dinner across from somebody who you might never have interfaced with on a regular basis is really powerful as well.

And there's actually a lot of nuance to that and living that experience and hearing stories from women who have done it before is really powerful. But also meeting people in real life and having the opportunity to eat dinner across from somebody who you might never have interfaced with on a regular basis is really powerful as well.

And there's actually a lot of nuance to that and living that experience and hearing stories from women who have done it before is really powerful. But also meeting people in real life and having the opportunity to eat dinner across from somebody who you might never have interfaced with on a regular basis is really powerful as well.

I think it's been really a great starter or catalyst for people's careers to be able to meet at this conference and then carry those relationships out into other aspects. What connections have you made through SWOO that have been helpful for your career? Or what are some of the things that SWOO has done very purposely to help promote the careers of women in urology?

I think it's been really a great starter or catalyst for people's careers to be able to meet at this conference and then carry those relationships out into other aspects. What connections have you made through SWOO that have been helpful for your career? Or what are some of the things that SWOO has done very purposely to help promote the careers of women in urology?

I think it's been really a great starter or catalyst for people's careers to be able to meet at this conference and then carry those relationships out into other aspects. What connections have you made through SWOO that have been helpful for your career? Or what are some of the things that SWOO has done very purposely to help promote the careers of women in urology?

I'm so glad that you brought up the task forces and the speaker database. And so the speaker database is very near and dear to my heart because how many times have you seen a panel of folks without any women representing? And you might ask, you know, why that is. And a lot of times the response you get is, well, we don't know any women or there are no qualified women.

I'm so glad that you brought up the task forces and the speaker database. And so the speaker database is very near and dear to my heart because how many times have you seen a panel of folks without any women representing? And you might ask, you know, why that is. And a lot of times the response you get is, well, we don't know any women or there are no qualified women.

I'm so glad that you brought up the task forces and the speaker database. And so the speaker database is very near and dear to my heart because how many times have you seen a panel of folks without any women representing? And you might ask, you know, why that is. And a lot of times the response you get is, well, we don't know any women or there are no qualified women.

And that might be true based on who you know and what your sort of network is. But if you have access to this database, it's very powerful because we are a minority in the world of urology.