Achieving gender equity in academic psychiatry – barriers to involvement and solutions for success

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dc.contributor.authorGalbally, M.
dc.contributor.authorKotze, B.
dc.contributor.authorBell, C.
dc.contributor.authorQuadrio, C.
dc.contributor.authorGalletly, C.
dc.contributor.authorHerrman, H.
dc.contributor.authorMilroy, H.
dc.contributor.authorCurtis, J.
dc.contributor.authorGreen, J.
dc.contributor.authorPower, J.
dc.contributor.authorHope, J.
dc.contributor.authorSevar, K.
dc.contributor.authorDean, K.
dc.contributor.authorNorthwood, K.
dc.contributor.authorLampe, L.
dc.contributor.authorKalucy, M.
dc.contributor.authorKorman, N.
dc.contributor.authorLautenschlager, N.
dc.contributor.authorWarren, N.
dc.contributor.authorChua, P.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractObjective: Women face considerable barriers in pursuing careers in academic psychiatry. Methods: A group of Australian and New Zealand academic women psychiatrists convened in September 2022 to identify and propose solutions to increase opportunities for women in academic psychiatry. Results: Limiting factors were identified in pathways to academia including financial support, engagement and coordination between academia and clinical services, and flexible working conditions. Gender biases and the risk of burnout were additional and fundamental barriers. Potential solutions include offering advanced training certificates to enable trainees to commence a PhD and Fellowship contemporaneously; improved financial support; expanding opportunities for research involvement; establishing mentoring opportunities and communities of practice; and strategies to enhance safety at work and redress gender bias and imbalance in academia. Conclusions: Support for women in research careers will decrease gender disparity in academic psychiatry and may decrease problematic gender bias in research. Fellows and trainees, the RANZCP, universities, research institutes, governments, industry and health services should collaborate to develop and implement policies supporting changes in working conditions and training. Facilitating the entry and retention of women to careers in academic psychiatry requires mentoring and development of a community of practice to provide and enable support, role modelling, and inspiration.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMegan Galbally, Beth Kotze, Caroline Bell, Carolyn Quadrio, Cherrie Galletly, Helen Herrman, Helen Milroy, Jackie Curtis, Jessica Green, Josephine Power, Judy Hope, Katherine Sevar, Kimberlie Dean, Korinne Northwood, Lisa Lampe, Megan Kalucy, Nicole Korman, Nicola Lautenschlager, Nicola Warren, Phyllis Chua, Rebecca Anglin, Ruwanthi De Alwis Seneviratne, Samantha Loi, Sara Burton, Shalini Arunogiri, Shirlony Morgan
dc.identifier.citationAustralasian Psychiatry, 2024; 32(6):563-567
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/10398562241268362
dc.identifier.issn1039-8562
dc.identifier.issn1440-1665
dc.identifier.orcidGalletly, C. [0000-0001-6185-9677]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/147944
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.grantNHMRC
dc.rights© The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/10398562241268362
dc.subjectwomen; psychiatry; academia; mentoring; Australia; New Zealand
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshCareer Choice
dc.subject.meshPsychiatry
dc.subject.meshFaculty, Medical
dc.subject.meshPhysicians, Women
dc.subject.meshAustralia
dc.subject.meshNew Zealand
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshSexism
dc.subject.meshGender Equity
dc.titleAchieving gender equity in academic psychiatry – barriers to involvement and solutions for success
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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