An exploration of perceptions of gender equity among SAGE Athena SWAN self-assessment team members in a regional Australian university

Author(s):  
Meredith Nash ◽  
Ruby Grant ◽  
Li-Min Lee ◽  
Ariadna Martinez-Marrades ◽  
Tania Winzenberg
PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248373
Author(s):  
Meredith Nash ◽  
Ruby Grant ◽  
Robyn Moore ◽  
Tania Winzenberg

This article examines men’s involvement in an institutional gender equity award scheme and how their self-concept as allies develops over time. It draws specifically on a subset of qualitative data from the four men participating in a study involving in-depth interviews with university staff involved in the self-assessment team of one Australian institution’s Science in Australia Gender Equality (SAGE) Athena SWAN pilot. Data related to the men’s experiences is the article’s focus. Key themes from the data include: 1) men’s motivations for engagement; 2) men’s self-understandings as ‘champions for change’ 3) the barriers/risks associated with male championship; and 4) men’s evolving perceptions and critiques of the male champions model. Findings show that men demonstrated personal growth and increased awareness through their participation in the pilot. Yet, their frustration with how equity and diversity was managed in their organisational context highlights pitfalls in the concept of a male ‘champion’. This article provides timely guidance for institutions seeking to engage allies in gender equity initiatives.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e000435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynleigh Evans ◽  
Brendan Donovan ◽  
Yiren Liu ◽  
Tim Shaw ◽  
Paul Harnett

IntroductionWhile multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are well established in many healthcare institutions, both how they function and their role in decision-making vary widely. This study adopted an innovative methodology to assess multidisciplinary team performance and engage teams in performance improvement strategies.MethodsThe study comprised a survey to evaluate MDT members’ perceptions of their team’s performance before the implementation of the programme and annually thereafter, and a maturity matrix designed as a self-assessment tool. Each MDT used the matrix to collectively assess its performance and identify areas for improvement.ResultsIn the first cycle, 180 member surveys from 19 MDTs were completed. This provided insights into team members’ perceptions of performance. 12 of these teams continued with the study and all 12 completed the matrix. Most teams rated themselves at level one or two (low) on a scale of five for most items.ConclusionsThe MDT survey and maturity matrix have the potential to be useful for cancer care teams to identify their strengths and weaknesses and monitor performance over time and also for management to review its performance against standard criteria and to identify priority areas for improvement and further support.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
Wafa El-Adhami

Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) began as a Pilot program in 2015. It was modelled on the UK’s Athena Swan Charter (Advance HE), a framework for improving gender equity and diversity in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM); specifically, within higher education and research.  


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catharina Roth ◽  
Michel Wensing ◽  
Martina Rojnic Kuzman ◽  
Sarah Bjedov ◽  
Sara Medved ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) deliver healthcare that supports the recovery of people with mental illness. The aim of this paper was to explore to what extent team members of five CMHTs newly implemented in five countries perceived that they had introduced aspects of the recovery-oriented, strength-based approach into care after a training week on recovery-oriented practice. In addition, it evaluated what the team members’ perceptions on their care roles and their level of confidence with this role were. Method An observational intervention study using a quantitative survey that was administered among 52 health professionals (21 Nurses, 13 Psychiatrists, 9 Psychologists, 8 Social Workers) and 14 peer workers including the Recovery Self-Assessment Tool Provider Version (RSA-P), the Team Member Self-Assessment Tool (TMSA), and demographic questions was conducted. The measures were self-reported. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the means and standard deviations for continuous variables and frequencies and percentages for categorical variables (TMSA tool and demographic data). The standard technique to calculate scale scores for each subscale of the RSA-P was used. Bivariate linear regression analyses were applied to explore the impact of predictors on the subscales of the RSA-P. Predictors with significant effects were included in multiple regression models. Result The RSA-P showed that all teams had the perception that they provide recovery–oriented practice to a moderately high degree after a training week on recovery-oriented care (mean scores between 3.85–4.46). Health professionals with fewer years of professional experience perceived more frequently that they operated in a recovery-oriented way (p = 0.036, B = − 0.268). Nurses and peer workers did not feel confident or responsible to fulfil specific roles. Conclusion The findings suggest that a one-week training session on community-based practices and collaborative teamwork may enhance recovery-oriented practice, but the role of nurses and peer workers needs further attention. Trial registration Each trial was registered before participant enrolment in the clinicaltrials.gov database: Croatia, Zagreb (Trial Reg. No. NCT03862209); Montenegro, Kotor (Trial Reg. No. NCT03837340); Romania, Suceava (Trial Reg. No. NCT03884933); Macedonia, Skopje (Trial Reg. No. NCT03892473); Bulgaria, Sofia (Trial Reg. No. NCT03922425).


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-134
Author(s):  
Anna Ribakova ◽  
Liana Deklava ◽  
Kristaps Circenis ◽  
Inga Millere

The significance of professionally-relevant behaviour of scrub nurses for teamwork in the operating room is increasing, as proven by the studies carried out over the last decades worldwide. Non-technical skills include both social and cognitive elements. Specific behaviour evaluation system can be used to identify, assess and improve non-technical skills of scrub nurses. Improvement of non-technical skills helps reduce staff errors in the intraoperative period. The objective of the research is to find out whether there are statistically significant differences between scrub nurses’ self-assessment of their non-technical skills, their implementation and surgeons' expectations. Demographic questionnaire, interview and Scrub Practitioners List of Intraoperative Non-technical Skills (SPLINT) were used in this study. Scrub nurses tend to engage in minimal communication and only a half of surgeons show expectations for exchange of thoughts and ideas from scrub nurses. This shows that the exchange of information between physicians and scrub nurses is generally insufficient. Surgical team members pay more attention to signals given by the surgical team and surgical process and rarely report on perception of signals given by medical equipment and a patient. Such data may be indicative of insufficient attention to a patient’s safety during the surgery.   Key words. Non-technical skills, scrub nurse, scrub nurse’s skills


2020 ◽  
pp. 152483992094741
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Hardy ◽  
kevin l. shaw ◽  
Amy Hughes ◽  
Elizabeth Hulen ◽  
Priscilla Sanderson ◽  
...  

Community engagement has become a leading framework for supporting health equity. The process of engagement includes groups working together to continually identify and erode existing inequalities to promote a justice-oriented approach to health and wellness for all. Missing from the literature is a fine-grained study of processes that occur between and among project partners building the foundation for ongoing trust and reciprocity. Our project, Health Resilience among American Indians in Arizona, brought new and seasoned researchers together to collect and analyze data on healthcare provider knowledge and American Indian resilience. Four years after the conclusion of the project, central members of the team developed a postproject self-assessment to investigate lasting impacts of project participation using what we call an “Iterative Poly-knowledge Evaluation Cycle approach.” Results highlight the value of flexibility of roles and organic change within projects, the importance of a focus on strengths rather than deficits, and the identification of lasting change on project team members at all levels to build and bolster multisectoral scaffolding for partnerships for health. We present this case study to contribute to an understanding of impacts of community-engaged, Indigenous research projects on people who work together toward challenging existing systems of inequality for better community health.


2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J Kary ◽  
Zack Dumont ◽  
Kirsten Tangedal ◽  
Jennifer Bolt ◽  
William M Semchuk

ABSTRACTBackground: The Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB) specifies the competencies that pharmacy residents must attain and the need for assessment and evaluation. Methods of assessment and evaluation are left to the discretion of individual programs. There is a scarcity of published literature compiling and comparing the strategies used by Canadian residency programs. Objectives: To determine curricular components used for assessment and evaluation; to describe the tools used by programs; to characterize the scheduling, frequency, and repetition of curricular components; and to determine the individuals or groups involved.Methods: Coordinators of hospital pharmacy residency programs with CPRB accreditation or accreditation pending were surveyed to collect information about the assessment and evaluation of select CPRB standards. Results: From the 37 eligible residency programs, 20 unique responses (54%) were received. All respondents were general practice programs (100%) in predominantly multicentre organizations (70%). Programs were similar in terms of assessment components used, with all respondents citing care plan review, direct observation of patient care, journal clubs, creation of project timelines, and ethics submission. The predominant evaluation components were within-department presentations (100%), written manuscripts (95%), drug information rotations (85%), and longitudinal evaluations (75%). Standardized forms (70%–100%) defined by Bloom’s taxonomy (65%) and the CPRB “levels and ranges” document (60%) were the principle means used. Assessments for patient care and for provision of education were generally carried out immediately (80% and 95%, respectively), whereas project management skills were assessed predominantly at final evaluation (75%). Self-assessment and assessment by pharmacy team members occurred for every competency, whereas patients (0%–10%) and allied health professionals (5%) were less frequently involved. Conclusions: The assessment and evaluation strategies reported by programs were congruent. The results provide a summary of national practices and will allow existing and developing programs to examine their approach to assessment and evaluation for alignment with national standards.RÉSUMÉContexte: Le Conseil canadien de résidence en pharmacie (CCRP) précise les compétences que les résidents en pharmacie doivent acquérir ainsi que le besoin d’observation et d’évaluation. Les méthodes d’observation et d’évaluation sont laissées à la discrétion de chacun des programmes. La littérature publiée qui compile et compare les stratégies utilisées par les programmes en résidence canadiens est rare. Objectifs : Déterminer les composantes des programmes utilisés pour l’observation et l’évaluation des normes; décrire les outils utilisés par ces programmes; établir l’horaire, la fréquence et la répétition des éléments qui constituent ces programmes et déterminer les personnes ou les groupes concernés.Méthodes : Les coordinateurs des programmes de résidence en pharmacie hospitalière ayant un agrément ou dont l’agrément est en cours de procédure ont été interrogés afin qu’ils fournissent des informations concernant l’observation et l’évaluation des normes CCRP sélectionnées. Résultats : Des 37 programmes de résidence admissibles, 20 réponses individuelles (54 %) sont parvenues aux investigateurs. Tous les répondants représentaient des programmes de pratique générale (100 %) dans des organismes majoritairement multicentriques (70 %). Les programmes étaient similaires en termes de points à observer : tous les répondants citaient l’examen des plans de soins, l’observation directe des soins aux patients, les clubs de journaux, la création d’échéanciers pour la réalisation de projets et la proposition de documents sur l’éthique. Les critères d’évaluation prédominants consistaient en des présentations au sein du département (100 %), la rédaction de manuscrits (95 %), des rotations reliées au service d’information pharmacothérapeutique (85 %) et les évaluations longitudinales (75 %). Les formulaires standardisés (70 %–100 %) définis par la taxonomie de Bloom (65 %) et le document Levels and ranges (niveaux de performance des compétences) du CCRP (60 %) étaient les ressources de base utilisées. L’observation des soins aux patients et de la formation avait généralement lieu immédiatement (respectivement 80 % et 95 %,), tandis que les compétences en matière de gestion de projet étaient majoritairement évaluées en dernier (75 %). L’auto-observation et l’observation effectué par des membres de l’équipe de pharmacie portaient sur chaque compétence, tandis que les patients (0 % – 10 %) et les autres professionnels de la santé (5 %) participaient plus rarement à cette observation.Conclusions : Les stratégies d’observation et d’évaluation rapportées par les programmes concordaient. Les résultats fournissent un résumé des pratiques nationales et permettront aux responsables des programmes existants et en cours d’élaboration d’étudier l’approche de l’observation et de l’évaluation pour l’aligner sur les normes nationales. 


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Moodie

As public health practitioners and as clinicians we are taught to care for our patients, and for our community members. But how much do we teach and learn about how to lead, manage and care for our colleagues, our team members and ourselves? This paper emphasizes the need for leadership learning and teaching to become an essential element of the practice of public health. The paper presents the author’s perspective on the leadership skills required for public health and describes a five-day intensive course designed to enable participants to develop these skills over time. The paper briefly covers leadership definitions, styles and types and key leadership skills. It mainly focuses on the design and ethos of the course, skills self-assessment, group interaction and methods for developing and refining leadership skills. The course uses a collaborative learning approach where the power differential between teachers, facilitators, guests and participants is minimized. It is based on creating an environment where any participant can reveal his or her stories, successes, failures, preferences and dislikes in a safe manner. It encourages continual, constructive individual reflection, self-assessment and group interaction. The course is aimed at the practice of public health leadership, with a particular emphasis on the leadership of self, of knowing oneself, and of knowing and understanding colleagues retrospectively as well as prospectively. The most important outcome is the design and implementation of participants’ own plans for developing and nurturing their leadership skills.


BMJ Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. e012090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Caffrey ◽  
David Wyatt ◽  
Nina Fudge ◽  
Helena Mattingley ◽  
Catherine Williamson ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 309
Author(s):  
Edna Dias Canedo ◽  
Heloise Acco Tives ◽  
Madianita Bogo Marioti ◽  
Fabiano Fagundes ◽  
José Antonio Siqueira de Cerqueira

Computer science is a predominantly male field of study. Women face barriers while trying to insert themselves in the study of computer science. Those barriers extend to when women are exposed to the professional area of computer science. Despite decades of social fights for gender equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and in computer science in general, few women participate in computer science, and some of the reasons include gender bias and lack of support for women when choosing a computer science career. Open source software development has been increasingly used by companies seeking the competitive advantages gained by team diversity. This diversification of the characteristics of team members includes, for example, the age of the participants, the level of experience, education and knowledge in the area, and their gender. In open source software projects women are underrepresented and a series of biases are involved in their participation. This paper conducts a systematic literature review with the objective of finding factors that could assist in increasing women’s interest in contributing to open source communities and software development projects. The main contributions of this paper are: (i) identification of factors that cause women’s lack of interest (engagement), (ii) possible solutions to increase the engagement of this public, (iii) to outline the profile of professional women who are participating in open source software projects and software development projects. The main findings of this research reveal that women are underrepresented in software development projects and in open source software projects. They represent less than 10% of the total developers and the main causes of this underrepresentation may be associated with their workplace conditions, which reflect male gender bias.


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