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

Laura Edwards conducted a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of conference programmes for the British Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine from 2000 to 2025. The dataset includes 1,214 identified participants across 37 meetings, with gender determined for 83% of them. It compares participation in leadership and speaking roles against national workforce benchmarks.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in gender representation for invited speakers and session chairs over a 26-year period.
• Benchmarking conference participation rates against the proportion of female Rehabilitation Medicine consultants in the workforce.
• Investigating fluctuations and lack of consistent upward trends in female representation despite workforce changes.

Strengths

• Covers a 26-year time span from 2000 to 2025, providing longitudinal perspective.
• Includes 1,214 identified participants across 37 conference meetings.
• Compares conference data directly to Royal College of Physicians workforce benchmarks.

Limitations

• Gender was not determined for 17% of the 1,214 identified participants.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 41.2 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

British Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine conference programmes.

Collection Method

Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of conference programmes; gender determined using programme details, structured internet searches, or self-identification.

Time Range

2000 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 05:38:45

Geography

United Kingdom