Gender equity programmes in academic medicine: A realist evaluation approach to Athena SWAN processes

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Caffrey, Louise ^a,b   Wyatt, David ^a,b   Fudge, Nina ^a,b   Mattingley, Helena ^c   Williamson, Catherine ^b,d   McKevitt, Christopher ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PROGRAM IMPACT; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL NORM; STAFF; SWAN; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; CAREER MOBILITY; MANPOWER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAREER MOBILITY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXISM; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN;

EID: 84987623254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012090     Document Type: Article

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