Gender Representation in UK Rehabilitation Medicine Conference Roles, 2000-2025

A 26-year analysis from 2000 to 2025 of gender representation in leadership and speaking roles at British Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine conferences. The dataset includes 1,214 participants from 37 meetings, with gender determined for 83%, and was created by Laura Edwards. It was last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender parity trends over time based on the 26-year conference program analysis
• Compare conference participation with workforce benchmarks based on Royal College of Physicians data mentioned in the description
• Investigate representation in specific roles like invited speakers and session chairs based on the role categories identified

Strengths

• Includes 1,214 participants from 37 conference meetings spanning 26 years
• Gender was determined for 83% of participants using multiple methods
• Compares participation data with national workforce benchmarks

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is limited to a single society's conferences in the UK

Provenance

Source

British Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine conference programmes

Collection Method

Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of conference programmes

Time Range

2000 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 05:38:46; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom