Gender challenges within the UK Defence Medical Services: recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce.

IF 1.4 4区 医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Cara Swain, C Evans, V Kinkaid, J Keogh, L Orr, K King
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Abstract

While there are women represented in some notable positions within the UK Defence Medical Services (DMS), the challenges and barriers to successful female progression have not disappeared. The DMS needs highly talented, motivated doctors working to support operations, yet we struggle to recruit and retain female personnel. This is in clear contrast to the increased proportion of female personnel working within the civilian medical workforce.This article seeks to communicate this problem, illustrated by the lived experiences of DMS female doctors, by exploring the six gender bias barriers ('Glass Walls') that hold women back in the workplace.Cultural change requires a determined effort, driven persistently from the top and at every level of leadership and management. The first step requires recognition and acceptance of the problem. Progress is likely to be slow, or fail, if driven by the female minority alone. While the DMS remains a majority-male organisation, male allies are pivotal in advocating for their female colleagues, to promote change, in an effort to recruit and retain talented individuals.

英国国防医疗服务中的性别挑战:招聘和留住多元化的员工队伍。
虽然女性在英国国防医疗服务机构(DMS)中担任了一些重要职位,但女性成功晋升所面临的挑战和障碍并没有消失。国防医疗服务需要才华横溢、积极进取的医生来支持行动,但我们却很难招募和留住女性人员。本文试图通过 DMS 女医生的亲身经历来说明这一问题,探讨阻碍女性在工作场所发展的六大性别偏见障碍("玻璃墙")。第一步需要认识和接受问题。如果仅由少数女性推动,进展可能会很缓慢,甚至失败。虽然 DMS 仍然是一个男性占多数的组织,但男性盟友在为女性同事宣传、促进变革、努力招聘和留住人才方面发挥着关键作用。
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Bmj Military Health MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-
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