09:30 – 10:00
MPS Talk
Breaking Down the Barriers: a woman’s journey to becoming a medical expert
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Whiticar
10:00 – 10:10
Introduction and Welcome
Professor Chloe Orkin, MWF President
Session 1:
Chair: Nuthana Bhayankaram, MWF Vice President and Akshara Sharma_, MWF Student Representative on Council_
10:10 – 10:40
Taking control of your career – creating possibilities and empowering action
Speaker: Susie Edwards
10:40 – 11:10
Live Interactive Podcast
Topics
- Self worth
- Money Mindset
Speakers: Dr Nikki Ramskill & Harriet Waley-Cohen
11:10 – 11:30 - Break, networking and poster viewing
Session 2:
Chair: Professor Scarlett McNally, MWF President – Elect and Dr Devina Maru, Junior Doctor Representative on Council
11:30 – 12:00
MWRES
Speaker: Professor Partha Kar OBE
12:00 – 12:50
Panel discussion:
How to be the future NHS workforce: flexible working and SAS careers?
Panelist: Dr Robert Fleming, Specialty Doctor (SAS) Anaesthetist at Sherwood Forest Hospitals
Panelist: Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE, Chair of the Royal College of Practitioners
Panelist: Professor Angharad Davies, Consultant Microbiologist at Swansea
Panelist: Professor Partha Kar OBE, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Panelist: Dr Vaishali Parulekar, Conference Chair of the BMA SAS Committee
12:50 – 13:00
Contingency Time
13.00 – 14:00 - lunch, networking, and poster viewing
Session 3
Chair: Dr Rashmi Mathew, MWF Honorary Treasurer
14:00 – 14:25
BMA Ending Sexism in Medicine Pledge
Dr Latifa Patel and Lucy Kerr
14:25 – 14:40
Oral Abstract Session
‘Female Medical Students’ Experiences Of Sexism During Clinical Placements: A Qualitative Study In One Medical School In England’ Darya Ibrahim, Medical Student, University of Birmingham
14:40 – 14:55
‘Barriers and facilitators for the careers of women in the clinical academic pathway’ Cinzia Greco, Research associate, University of Manchester
14:55 – 15:15
‘Predictors of self-reported research productivity amongst medical students in the United Kingdom: a national cross-sectional survey’ Marguerite O’Riordan, Melanin Medics Research Network
15:15 – 15:30 - Break, networking, and poster viewing
Session 4
Chair: Professor Chloe Orkin
15:30 – 16:00
Dame Rosemary Rue Lecture
Speaker: Dr Olamide Dada, Founder of Melanin Medics
16:00 – 16:20
Awards – To be given by MWF Past Presidents
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Prize for best Oral and Poster Abstract
- Raffle prize draw results – Given by MWF Past Presidents
16:20 – 16:30 Closing remarks – Professor Chloe Orkin, MWF President
16:30 – 17:30 - Networking