General Surgical Registrar, Founder of @SurgicalScarf #EDI #WomenInSurgery
Joined February 2018
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Here’s a #tweetorial on a paper about the experience of female, Muslim healthcare professionals wearing headscarves in theatre, published by the BMJ in 2018.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo…
#MedEd #EDI #IWD @NHSEngland @RCSnews @EmmaWiley16
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Delighted to have been part of the first iftar event at the college in celebration of Ramadan 🌙✨ Brilliant initiative championing inclusion and diversity in surgery, thank you @RCSnews @NuhaZsurgeon @TMitchellFRCS
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22 Mar 2024
Really enjoyed the landmark first ever #Ramadan #iftar event at the Royal College of Surgeons, held to recognise the 3000 Muslim members in the UK. Great talks introduced by President @TMitchellFRCS including @SurgicalScarf
Well done @RCSnews for organising 🙏🏾❤️
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Just a brown woman pulling up a seat with a few more letters to my name. Thank you @RCSnews for a lovely afternoon at the college! #ILookLikeASurgeon #MRCS
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Thank you to everyone that attended and engaged in the panel discussion. Great to meet like-minded colleagues passionate about bringing change to the operating theatre #ASGBI2023 👏🏽
19 May 2023
Thank you to the speakers for an inspiring & thought-provoking #DEI session @asgbi 🙌🏽
✊🏿Race in surgery @missbaj @babsuk_org
🧕Surgical hijab @drAzra_ @SurgicalScarf
🕍Invisible diversity/being Jewish @JMG_urology
🌍Global surgery @deepamusafir1 @Orthoconcern
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Azra retweeted
19 May 2023
Delighted to have been invited by @NuhaZsurgeon to present at the #EDI session at #ASGBI2023 alongside @missbaj @JMG_urology @deepamusafir1 we need to continue this conversation to make the surgical workplace more inclusive 💪🏽
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Absolutely delighted to see these surgical hijabs being handed out at #ASGBI2023 incredible work from @TheTraumaSurg 👏🏽
19 May 2023
At #asgbi2023 conference and loving the hijabi representation! Best freebie from a conference ever @ASGBI_MA
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Azra retweeted
13 Dec 2022
Our latest episode of The Theatre podcast discusses perspectives from hijab-wearing Muslim #WomeninSurgery and the challenges faced in theatre environments and trusts. Learn more from a fantastic panel @drAzra_ @NuhaZsurgeon @ninsalsaadi @drfarahroslan ow.ly/i3m050M139Y
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Chaired a session on the perspectives of hijabi Muslim women in surgery for the @RCSnews theatre podcast. Joined by a panel of incredibly talented surgeons @NuhaZsurgeon @ninsalsaadi @drfarahroslan
who share some sobering and uncut experiences, have a listen 🙂
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Azra retweeted
Have you ever felt anxious about wearing a hijab in the operating theatre?
@ninsalsaadi et al explore hijabi Muslim women's struggles and anxieties surrounding head covering in operating theatres in our latest Bulletin. Read the full piece: ow.ly/716550KxPGQ
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Azra retweeted
13 Jul 2022
1 week today!
As part of our 'Situated Hair' series we'll be joined by @drAzra_ (@SurgicalScarf) and @zinaalfa (@UBhair_) who will talk about their work to end hair discrimination in surgical theatres and the wider workplace
Sign up here:
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webina…
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Azra retweeted
2 Jul 2022
Fantastic example of #innovation #leadership and #equalityanddiversity to support staff of all faiths publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/… @RCSnews
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21 Mar 2022
Welcome to The Surgical Scarf page! Here's a bit more about our mission:
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@SurgicalScarf initiative was started by @suga_roy and I in 2021 to:
- Raise awareness about the changes in national policy
- Update individual trust policy & procure disposable headscarves
- Empower female, Muslim med students & junior doctors to enter careers in surgery.
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We created a virtual package containing:
1. A copy of the latest national guidance
2. BIMA modest medical wear catalogue
3. Infographics on appropriate usage of disposable headscarf.
This package will be sent to theatre management and E&D leads at all UK hospital trusts.
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Thanks for reading!
Huge thanks to @EmmaWiley16 and @BIMA for the support and continued work on dress code for Muslim women in the NHS.
#IWD2022 #DressCode #EDI
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In April 2020, NHS England has published updated guidance on dress code england.nhs.uk/wp-content/up… highlighting that cloth headscarves can be worn in surgical theatres. The UK’s first disposable headscarf was also created by @drfarahroslan
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Conclusion: The absence of a national policy & misconceptions about infection control left dress codes open to interpretation in individual trusts. The indirect discrimination negatively impacted individuals and some women were even dissuaded from pursuing careers in surgery.
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Here’s a #tweetorial on a paper about the experience of female, Muslim healthcare professionals wearing headscarves in theatre, published by the BMJ in 2018.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo…
#MedEd #EDI #IWD @NHSEngland @RCSnews @EmmaWiley16
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