PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PROFILE OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTS WOMEN IN BRAZIL
Olivier Vilela Bragança, C.M. Boya Barcellos, E. Maria Marques Oliveira, L.F.R. Xavier, T. A. do Nascimento, K. do N. Couceiro
Electrophysiology, CardioRitmo, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Introduction: In the last decades of the twentieth century, one of the most striking facts in Brazilian society is the growth in the number
Objective To determine the personal and professional profile of Brazilian electrophysiologist women
Methods: Voluntary registration of Brazilian electrophysiologist women and answers to a questionnaire with 68 objective and open questions approaching the professional and personal profile on the Stimulier Council website, the first and only Brazilian Council of Electrophysiologist Women.
Results: : In the Department of Artificial Cardiac Stimulation (DECA) there are 646 members with a Specialist, Clinical or Enabled Title. In the Brazilian Society of Cardiac Arrhythmias (Sobrac) there are 258 members with Clinical Arrhythmia or Electrophysiology Title adding up to 904 members with Titles. Women represent 50 (7.7%) members of DECA with titles and 43 (16.7%) members of Sobrac with titles making up a total of 93 (10.3%) female members with titles. Forty electrophysiologists have registered and completed the questionnaire on the Stimulier Council website. Some of the results from the occupational aspect of the 68 questions are shown in Table 1. 87% of electrophysiologists are married, 35% to doctors and 10% to electrophysiologists; 32% with have children.
Conclusions: The electrophysiologist women represent 10% of the contingent of Sobrac and DECA doctors nowadays and play multiple professional and personal roles.
Professional
|
%
|
Personal
|
%
|
Specialization: |
Clinical Arrhythmia
Pacemaker
Electrophysiology
Pace and EP
|
62
52
37
15
|
Status
Married
Single with a boyfriend
Single without a boyfriend
Divorced
Widow
|
87
10
3
0
0
|
Clinical practice
Private office care
Hospital
Complementary tests
Hospital Procedures
Public ambulatory care
|
89
75
75
61
59
|
341.3 ± 22.5 |
Married with doctor
Married with electrophysiologist
With children
|
35
10
32
|
High complexity procedures
AF ablation
ICD implant
TRC implant
|
22
41
38
|
Physical activities
Yes
Speak another language
Have pet
|
68
89
33
|