Perception of Decisions in Transplantations
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Perception of decisions made by senior doctors - Is there a gender bias?
IRAS ID
116136
Contact name
Nithya Krishnan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Research summary
Though there have been substantial changes for women in medicine, the profession is still not immune to the effects of gender discrimination. There are some specialities like transplantation, where the field is clearly male dominated. Also, there are a very small number of women in senior leadership position in a lot of specialities in medicine. There are many reasons namely family responsibilities, stereotyping, gender discrimination, sexual harassment, lack of mentorship and exclusion from peer groups. Because of the gender incongruous society it is difficult for women to rise to the top. Moreover, their position is never secure as they can easily fall from the position of leadership even because of a single mistake as shown in studies in other profession. As there are no studies in transplantation looking at this ‘glass cliff’ effect, we wanted to see if it exists in this field even today.
REC name
West Midlands - Solihull Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/WM/0465
Date of REC Opinion
30 May 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion