Scottish T&O Equality Project. Exploring demographics of the orthopaedic workforce & diving deep into culture, career journeys & experiences in the workplace
"Why should the prospect of a female orthopaedic surgeon be something [a patient] had not expected?"
In 2020, 64% of students accepted to a UK medical school were female but only 7% of orthopaedic consultants were female.
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Patients have better postoperative outcomes when surgery is carried out by surgical and anaesthetic teams with greater sex diversity, shows research published in the British Journal of Surgery @BJSurgery
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‘There is a tendency to underrate qualities which are more typically ‘female characteristics’’
‘Scottish colleagues that I know avoid engaging with IMGs’
‘I was so overwhelmed with the toxic work culture, where every recent female registrar in my region has had an issue with training, that I HANDED IN MY NOTICE’
‘Sometimes just ignored’
‘A lack of understanding regarding commitment to caring for children’
‘I was made to feel that I was the problem because I didn’t provide a better fit in that department. I can’t/won’t change the ‘problem’ that I WASNT MALE’
In the last few years I have been lucky enough to work with the most supportive and wonderful consultants, male and female
One of them asked me ‘is all this sexism & sexual harassment in surgery stuff true?’
And I realised, despite my own discomfort, I had to speak up
"I hope that by making myself visible, I can be a role model to others and fight the stereotypes"
@Phil_mce had the privilege of interviewing @emilyjanebaird about her career, the T&O community and we can all advocate for change.
Read the full article 👇
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