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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 2023; 42(04): e295-e301
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1776268
Original Article

Interventional Neuroradiology: Why Don't Brazilian Female Physicians Like It?

Neurorradiologia intervencionista: Por que as médicas brasileiras não gostam?
Luana Antunes Maranha Gatto 
1   Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Department of Interventional Neuroradiology
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Marina Anita Martins
2   Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil
,
Elora Sampaio Lourenço
3   Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Abstract

Objective Much has been discussed about gender diversity in all professional fields, particularly in medicine. Recent studies showing that there are fewer than ten female professionals in interventional neuroradiology (INR) in a continental country like Brazil, and less than thirty in all of Latin America, have prompted an investigation into the causes of the low numbers of women choosing to follow this medical specialty. This project intended to reveal the reasons through an anonymous form applied to women in the final year of the three medical residencies considered prerequisites for INR in Brazil: neurology, radiology and neurosurgery.

Materials and Methods The questionnaire addressed to each of the three fields contemplated the professionals' preference to follow their respective subspecialties, in addition to common considerations that could be deemed barriers to INR.

Results Surprisingly, the weak link in the chain was demonstrated to be radiology, which is the exclusive prerequisite residency for training in INR in many countries. However, in Brazil, most doctors who graduate in INR come from Neurosurgery and, secondly, from neurology. These two specialties together account for less than half of the female residents compared to radiology alone.

Conclusion All of the following items were already expected: difficulty in reconciling a double shift; employment opportunity; long training time; the lack of female leaders inspiring new generations of doctors; issues involving radiation and motherhood; and still the barriers of misogyny and machismo. But specific studies need to be conducted to find out why very few radiology residents follow INR training in Brazil.

Resumo

Objetivos Muito se tem discutido sobre a diversidade de gênero em todas as áreas profissionais, particularmente na medicina. Estudos recentes que mostram que há menos de dez profissionais do sexo feminino em neurorradiologia intervencionista (NRI) em um país continental como o Brasil, e menos de trinta em toda a América Latina, levaram a uma investigação sobre as causas do baixo contingente de mulheres que opta pelo seguimento dessa especialidade médica. Este projeto pretende revelar os motivos, por meio de um formulário anônimo aplicado às mulheres que cursavam o último ano das três residências médicas consideradas pré-requisito para a NRI no Brasil: neurologia, radiologia e neurocirurgia.

Materiais e Métodos O questionário dirigido a cada um dos 3 ramos contemplou a preferência das profissionais em seguir suas respectivas subespecialidades, além de considerações comuns que poderiam ser tidas como barreiras à NRI.

Resultados Surpreendentemente, demonstrou-se que o elo fraco da corrente é a radiologia, que é o pré-requisito exclusivo de residência para treinamento em NRI em muitos países. No entanto, no Brasil, a maioria dos médicos formados em NRI é proveniente da neurocirurgia e, em segundo lugar, da neurologia. Essas duas especialidades juntas contam com menos da metade das residentes do sexo feminino em comparação com a radiologia sozinha.

Conclusão Todos os seguintes aspectos já eram esperados: dificuldade em conciliar dupla jornada; oportunidade de emprego; longo tempo de treinamento; a falta de lideranças femininas que inspirem as novas gerações de médicas; questões que envolvem radiação e maternidade; e, ainda, as barreiras da misoginia e do machismo. Mas estudos específicos precisam ser feitos para descobrir os motivos pelos quais pouquíssimas residentes de radiologia seguem o treinamento de NRI no Brasil.

Keywords

interventional radiology - gender inequality - neurosurgery - professional practice - neurology - radiology

Palavras-chave

radiologia intervencionista - iniquidade de gênero - neurocirurgia - prática profissional - neurologia - radiologia

Authors' Contributions

LMG: conceptualized and designed the study, collected, interpreted, and analyzed data, and reviewed the manuscript.

MAM: conceptualized and designed study, collected, interpreted, and analyzed data, and drafted the manuscript.

ESL: collected, interpreted, and analyzed data, and drafted the manuscripts.




Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 22. August 2022

Angenommen: 24. Januar 2023

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
27. Oktober 2023

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