women's networks
a women in london project
funded by the maypole trust
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Networks:
Women in Surgical Training (soon to change to Women in Surgery - WinS)
- Purpose:
- WIST was originally established to tackle the under-representation of women in surgery, particularly at consultant level. Targets were set, with the aim that by 2010, 20% of consultant surgeons would be female. WIST's secondary objectives have included:
- Encouraging young women to consider a career in surgery
- The provision of networking opportunities for women in surgery
- The provision of role models for potential female surgeons
- The provision of advice, guidance and pastoral support for those women already in surgery or considering entering it
- Campaigning for working patterns that are more suitable to women's needs
- Attitudinal change to view women surgeons as a integral part of the profession
- Activities:
- Networking events
- Annual conference
- Research projects
- Policy campaigns
- Out reach events to younger potential women surgeons
- Region or specific community:
- UK
- Membership Criteria if any:
- In the medical profession, from medical school upwards
- Membership Fee if any:
- -
- Contact Name:
- Clare Wynn - Mackenzie
- Contact Address:
- The Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3PE - Contact Phone:
- 0207 869 6212
- Contact Mobile:
- -
- Contact Email:
- wist@rcseng.ac.uk
- Contact Web:
- http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/career/wist
- Funders if any:
- -
- Other Information:
- -
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