Women in UK Cardiology

Presentation to SAC Trainees’ Session 24th April 2006 British Cardiac Society, SEC, Glasgow

Dr. Jane Flint BSc MD FRCPBCS Council for Women in Cardiology

Women in UK Cardiology 2006

Dr. Jane Flint

In: SAC Trainees Session 24th April 2006 Glasgow

No Conflict of Interest Declared

Annual Scientific ConferenceGlasgow 24th-27th April 2006

Action Points from Report 2005Action Points from Report 2005

• Establish mentors for women in cardiology – Establish mentors for women in cardiology – Specialty, Deanery and Trust basedSpecialty, Deanery and Trust based

• Facilitate flexible training – STC based Facilitate flexible training – STC based representatives, supernumerary funding, job representatives, supernumerary funding, job share opportunitiesshare opportunities

• Establish more part-time consultant postsEstablish more part-time consultant posts• Improve access for women to popular Improve access for women to popular

subspecialties such as interventionsubspecialties such as intervention• Refuse to tolerate sexism or gender based Refuse to tolerate sexism or gender based

discrimination in the workplace discrimination in the workplace

HSTC Chair Questionnaire 2006

• 100% response (3 just verbal)

• New questions re: flexible training monies, appointment committee constitution, use of mentoring network, and flexible working practice in the future

• 12/12 from previous questionnaire just before Working Party report publication

Highlights in numbers - >100!

• 18.1% Cardiology Trainees are women compared with 16.4% 2005

• 5/22 HSTCs have > 25% women: Anglia, Wales, Wessex, SW Scotland, SE Scotland

• 12 HSTCs have increased %age women, but 15 still have < 20% women

Flexible Training and Working

• 15 women are currently training flexibly compared with 10 last year

• 14/22 HSTCs now experienced flexible training compared with 12 last year

• Just 6 aware of threat to flexible training monies, but 12 did foresee future funding problems

• 1 more Associate Dean, 2 more HSTC reps• 14 considered flexible working to be likely at

least in part in the future

Mentoring, Initiatives and Practice I

• Only 10 used ad hoc additional mentoring (13 last year)

• No-one had yet used the women’s network but intention was reported (16 welcomed in 2005)

• “uniform encouragement” of trainees used rather than “not necessary” to take care

• Dearth of initiatives reported but….

Mentoring, Initiatives and Practice II

• 8/22 have held competitive interviews for popular training slots ( 6 contemplating it)

• 6/22 always have a woman on appointments’ committees ( further 1 soon)

• 5/22 now admit to having counselled colleagues about sexist attitude

• Only 3 have mentored new consultants (7in 2005)

Future Recommendations to Council

• Responsibility of us all to ensure we reflect family friendly working practices in Cardiology

• Women’s Network should be used not just for additional mentoring but to e.g. provide input to appointments’ committees, encouragement to stand for HSTC

• Careers advice in medical school and junior hospital years should encourage able women to consider Cardiology

• Initiatives to increase recruitment of women into Cardiology and to ensure further CPD and inclusion in practice

Women in UK Cardiology Focus Session Tuesday 25th April 2006

All Women Consultants and Trainees are warmly invited to attend a Tea-time focus session promoting Women in the Cardiological Workforce on Tuesday 25th April 2006 at 1600-1700hours in the Dochart Room, SEC, Glasgow at the British Cardiac Society Annual Scientific Conference.

AGENDA

1. Welcome to everyone in attendance. 2. Receipt of Minutes of 24th May 2005 and Matters arising 3. Report to/from Council Sunday 23rd April 2006 and Trainees’ Session with SAC Monday

24th April 2006 including findings of HSTC Chairs’ questionnaire March 2006

4. Question-time session with Professor Celia Oakley 5. Open discussion of Initiatives and Key points for action 6. International links – Women in Cardiology Global Network

Mentoring Network and other Documents accessible on Resources/Workforce page of British Cardiac Society Resources website at www.bcs.com Tea and biscuits available.