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

Abstract

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