Markers of achievement for assessing and monitoring gender equity in translational research organisations: A rationale and study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ovseiko, Pavel V ^a   Edmunds, Laurel D ^a   Pololi, Linda H ^b   Greenhalgh, Trisha ^c   Kiparoglou, Vasiliki ^d   Henderson, Lorna R ^d   Williamson, Catherine ^e,f   Grant, Jonathan ^g   Lord, Graham M ^e,f   Channon, Keith M ^a,d,h   Lechler, Robert I ^e   Buchan, Alastair M ^a,d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA BASE; ETHICS; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENDER; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MONITORING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; ACHIEVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ACHIEVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84960328501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009022     Document Type: Article

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