Category: Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and Fairness

Medical Student Selection During the Pandemic – messages for the future

The coronavirus pandemic has inexplicably altered the way we do most things. And in the field of organisational psychology, it has caused major disruption to the recruitment and selection process.   In a healthcare setting, over the past year assessors have had to rely solely on remote digital selection methods.   But how fair and valid are these new assessment processes? And what lessons can we learn from this unprecedented time in healthcare selection?   This was one topic of discussion…
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Selection and recruitment in Healthcare in the time of COVID – what have we learned and where next?

The COVID pandemic has disrupted university selection processes around the world. At a time when healthcare workers are more vital than ever, how do we take what we’ve learnt during 2020 and ensure that the methods used in Medical selection remain valid, fair and reliable in a post COVID landscape? This was the topic for discussion at this year’s meeting of the International Network for…
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10 success factors to help eliminate Differential Attainment

Everybody deserves the right to a fair and level playing field. But, as we have said before, there have been inequalities in medical education and training for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors for some time.  These inequalities lead to a gap in attainment levels between different groups of doctors. In the medical field, this gap is referred to as Differential Attainment (DA). But in other sectors, it is known as ‘adverse impact’ or ‘group differences’.  When can Differential…
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WPG wins ABP award for project on differential attainment in medicine

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve won a Social Impact accolade from the Association for Business Psychology (ABP).   The prestigious ABP Workforce Experience Awards offer a unique and distinctive platform for the ‘celebration of excellence’ in ‘applying psychology to improve working lives’.  The award is for a piece of work looking at differential attainment (DA) in medicine.   What is differential attainment?  DA is the gap…
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Gender stereotyping and bias in the workplace – why it’s harmful to EVERYONE and how we can address it

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #EachforEqual which is about us all taking personal responsibility, regardless of gender, and making individual contributions towards collective change when it comes to equality.  And a good starting point is spotting and challenging gender stereotyping and bias – both in ourselves and others.…
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Mind the Gap – Gender pay reporting one year on

With the reporting deadline for the second year’s gender pay gap figures fast approaching, the government has issued new guidance to help employers further close their gaps. Professor Fiona Patterson, a founding director of Work Psychology Group (WPG), looks at how far organisations have come and what still must be…
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Using People Analytics to Drive Diversity

The concept of People Analytics is becoming increasingly popular and is set to gain momentum in 2018 as an important area for driving business improvements. But could it also be the answer to finally solving the problem of improving workplace diversity and inclusion? What do we mean by People Analytics?…
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