Overview
This Faculty of Surgical Trainers webinar is to discuss the recent work done by the surgical societies, royal colleges, and independent groups into the area of equity, diversity and inclusion; including sexual harassment.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:
- Understand the difference between bullying, undermining and harassment
- Understand the magnitude of the issues within surgery
- Learn about available learning resources and support
- Reflect upon your own practice and behaviours
Panellists
Our panellists include:
Ms Alice Hartley
Alice is a Consultant Urologist with a special interest in renal and advanced prostate cancer. She has been chair of the RCSEd campaign to tackle undermining and bullying since its conception and along with the campaign team has recently developed a course to teach people skills to challenge conflict in the workplace.
Miss Kathrin Whitehouse
Consultant neurosurgeon in University Hospital Wales, council member for Society of British Neurological Surgeons and member of SBNS Working Group for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
Professor Carrie Newlands
Consultant OMFS Surgeon in Guildford, co-lead of the Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery, and senior author of the recently-published “Sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape by colleagues in the surgical workforce, and how women and men are living different realities: observational study using NHS population-derived weights".
Pragnesh Bhatt (Chair)
Deputy Director of the Faculty of Surgical Trainer, MS, MCh, FRCS, FFSTEd, FEBNS. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
CPD
1 Hour