Equity and Game-Theory Strategies to Promote Gender Diversity and Inclusion in an Academic Health Science Centre.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Achieving diversity, inclusion, and gender equity remains an elusive challenge for many institutions worldwide and is understudied in Canadian academic health science centres.

Methods

McMaster University's Department of Medicine undertook surveys and analyses to determine whether there was inequity in leadership positions and salaries, or unprofessional behaviour within the department. Measures of academic productivity in relation to gender for both educators and researchers were analyzed. The department began shifting policies to foster greater gender diversity and inclusion. A revision of the leadership selection process, incorporating tenets of equity and a new game theory-based strategy called Diversitive Agreement Versus Nash Equilibrium (DAvNE) was evaluated

SUBMITTER: Harper W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712627 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature