Socialização profissional de médicas cirurgiãs: mulheres na medicina para além dos clichês

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate how the professional socialization of surgeon women from Fortaleza-CE occurs, taking Hughes (1958) and Dubar (2005) as main theoretical fundaments. It was sought, by the “passage through the mirror”, “duality installation” and “adjustment of the conception itself” category analysis, to understand how the insertion of women on surgeon career happens, understand the perception of the surgeon about her occupation and verify the impressions of these professionals about her career and professional identity. This research is qualitative, descriptive, and was made by semi-structured interviewing 10 surgeons, which were analyzed through the content analysis technique. As results, it was identified that the biggest interest for this area came from characteristics of personality that they already had and judged to be important as a surgeon, just like the desire to solve the problem of the patient in a practical and objective way. However, it was verified that there were conflicts between lay and professional cultures of the interviewees. It was also realized that the professional insertion was marked by challenges, mainly about prejudices and conciliation of personal and professional life, however, it was noticed that the surgeons are satisfied about their careers and, each day more, the market is opening up for new entrants.