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WENTS UK - Women in ENT Surgery UK
@UKWENTs
Inspiring, empowering, and supporting women and diversity in ENT Surgery throughout the UK | No medical advice given | Views our own | Part of @ENT_UK
Mar 9 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Some thoughts on the @RCSnews tweet, "If I can do it, so can all of you":

We are so grateful to have role models in surgery who are women, people of colour, from underrepresented groups. We need them. They inspire us and show us that people who look like us can be surgeons. 1/ However, the presence of diversity in surgery does not prove that surgery is now equitable, or inclusive. It does not mean that the structural problems are now solved. Nor can "just add women and stir" to solve these issues. 2/
Feb 3, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Surgeons are more likely to experience infertility, pregnancy loss, non-elective caesarean delivery, and postpartum depression than non-medics. But why is this, and what can we do? 🧵
#ILookLikeASurgeon One aspect is that the average age at planned conception for women doctors is 30 years, 7 years later than the general population. The most commonly cited reasons for delaying pregnancy are career, relationship, and financial situation.
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Feb 1, 2022 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
At the start of #LGBT+ History Month, we'd like to share the story of a woman doctor who fought for the inclusion of women in medicine, but hid the details of her personal life and her relationship with a woman.
CW: male violence, suicide.
#LGBTplusHM Born in Hastings, Sophia Jex-Blake was refused medical education in England and travelled to the US, only to be refused entry to Harvard. The death of her father forced her to return home before she was able to enrol at Elizabeth Blackwell's new medical college in New York.
Nov 25, 2021 • 11 tweets • 8 min read
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

We need to talk about the culture of sexual harassment and assault in surgery.

And we have advice for *all of you*. Read on.
#VAWG #ILookLikeASurgeon #EarNoseAndNope If you don't think there's a problem, see this from @RCSnews by @orthopodreg and @beckybeckyfish. "The debate about whether there is a culture of sexual harrassment, discrimination and sexual assault should end. Instead, harder conversations need to begin"
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Oct 3, 2021 • 15 tweets • 13 min read
Here's your "but surgery doesn't have a problem with diversity any more, right?" starter pack. A thread on what we know, and what we don't.🧵(1/15)
#DiversityMatters #ILookLikeASurgeon First of all, there aren't enough #womeninsurgery. 13.2% of NHS surgeons are women (ENT surgery = 16.5%). And 35% of surgical trainees are women, compared to 57% of all trainee doctors. (2/15)
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