The NSU is committed to expanding the number of women in neurosurgical training and to ensuring the training programs do not disadvantage them. With the growing number of female medical graduates, there is a need to attract the best graduates to neurosurgery, and society is actively pursuing that goal.
The Women in Neurosurgery section aims to:
- Encourage and support all Fellow Trainees, but females in particular;
- Be a source of advice and guidance for the Council in relation to gender and Trainee issues;
- Develop guidelines and policies to combat the numerous issues faced by all individuals in the surgical field, and
- Remove any barriers that Trainees or medical graduates face through the development of a mentoring program within the College to assist medical students, trainees, and young surgeons
- Assisting in developing some of the College’s key policies and related documents. It has been fundamental in establishing guidelines on issues such as discrimination and harassment, and safe working hours, and plans to continue this work with a mentoring scheme
- Scientific and educational programs, including the Women in Surgery Breakfast, are run at the Annual Scientific Congress
The Women in Neurosurgery Section welcomes inquiries from medical student organisations and societies about events they may organise. The Section is keen to work with these organisations and can provide some assistance, such as providing speakers, panel members, and presenters.