Professionalism-workshop

TACKLING DIFFERENTIAL ATTAINMENT IN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISM

VIRTUAL ZOOM WORKSHOP 3 March 2021 2-5 pm (GMT)

BRIDGING THE GAP WORKSHOP SERIES 20-21

AIMS

This workshop will bring together international experts, a range of stakeholders and medical professionals from all stages of training or career progression, to focus on the area of differential attainment/ award based on race, ethnicity, gender, disability and other protected characteristics 
  • To explore how the narrow definition of medical professionalism may be contributing to the differential outcomes in matters of breaches of professional standards, process of investigations, referrals to the regulator and decisions
  • To discuss the impact on individuals, patients and organisations and develop a consensus on solutions. 

WORKSHOP LEADS

  • Project Chair - Ramesh Mehta OBE (President, BAPIO)
  • Project Lead- Indranil Chakravorty (Chair, BIHR)
  • Coordinators - Subarna Chakravorty (Kings College Hospital, London) & Sunil Daga (Leeds Teaching Hospitals)
  • Qualitative Research - Shivani Sharma (University of Hertfordshire)
  • LEADs - 
  • Ananta Dave (Lincolnshire Partnership Mental Health Trust)
  • Joydeep Grover (Southmead NHS Trust, Bristol)
  • Satheesh Mathew (Barts Health NHS Trust- Retd)
  • Naureen Bhatti (Health Education England, London)
  • JS Bamrah (Central Manchester Mental Health Partnership Trust)
  • Triya Chakravorty (University of Oxford)
  • Rosanna Geddes (Medical Defence Shield, UK)

PARTICIPANTS

  • Fiona Godlee, Chief Editor British Medical Journal
  • Dame Parveen Kumar, Queen Marys University of London
  • Professor Neena Modi, Imperial College London
  • Sharon Burton, General Medical Council
  • JS Bamrah CBE, University of Manchester & Chair, BAPIO
  • Prof Mala Rao, Imperial College London
  • Prof Iqbal Singh OBE, Chair of the Expert Reference Group on Patient Safety, Healthcare Commission
  • Professor Pali Hungin, Primary Care & General Practice, Durham University
  • Dame Clare Gerada, NHS Practitioner Health
  • Shevonne Matheiken (ST4 Psychiatry)
  • Amit Kocher, BMA Chair, SAS Doctors Committee
  • Marimouttou Coumarassamy (Coumar), Nottinghamshire NHS Trust & British Indian Nursing Association
  • Jeeves Wijesuriya Previous Chair, BMA Junior Doctors Committee
  • Raj Mattu, Chair, BAPIO Patient Safety Forum
  • Kantappa Gajanan, Chair of BAPIO SAS forum
  • Sanjiv Ahluwalia, Regional Postgraduate Dean, HEE London
  • Chaand Nagpaul, Chair BMA
  • Kheelna Bavalia, Deputy Medical Director, NHS E/I, SW London
  • Surash Surash, Newcastle NHS Trust
  • Aneez Esmail, Professor of Primary Care, University of Manchester
  • David Sellu
  • Nadeem Moghal, ex-Medical Director, Barking Havering & Redbridge NHS Trust
  • Rafey Faruqui, Kent & Medway Medical School
  • Dinesh Bhugra, Kent & Medway Medical School
  • Jenny Vaughan, Doctors in Distress UK
  • Mahendra Patel, Royal Society of Pharmacists, UK
  • John Chisholm, Medical Ethicist 
  • Professor Kailash Chand, Retd Chair of BMA NW 

Programme

  • 13:50 Log in - Introduction Martin Fischer (Facilitator)
  • 14:00 Welcome Ramesh Mehta
  • 14:05 Keynote Fiona Godlee
  • 14.20 Setting the scene Ananta Dave
  • 14:35 Breakout session One
    • Redefining / Reforming/ Rethinking the definition of Professionalism in the context of equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Contributing to the DoHSS consultation on reform
  • 15:15 Feedback and discussion
  • 15.30 Coffee break
  • 15.40 Breakout session Two
    • Finding solutions and consensus on a just and equitable process for upholding standards, investigation and rehabilitation of those in breach of standards
  • 16:30 Feedback and discussion
  • 16:45 Summing up 
  • 17:00 Closing

Does a Narrow Definition of Medical Professionalism lead to Systemic Bias and Differential Outcomes?
A Narrative Commentary
Bridging the Gap - Thematic series on Tackling Differential Attainment in Medical Profession 2020

Dave, A., Bhatti, N., Grover, J., Geddes, R., Chakravorty, T., Mathew, S., Sharma, S., Bamrah, J., & Chakravorty, I. (2021). Does a Narrow Definition of Medical Professionalism lead to Systemic Bias and Differential Outcomes? : A Narrative Commentary. Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion, 14(1), 1-12.  https://doi.org/10.38192/14.1.13

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