Gender differences and professional identities in health and engineering
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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The objective of this study was to compare the professional identity perceptions among undergraduate students
enrolled in predominantly female and male courses. The research method is cross-sectional and the sample
consisted of 502 undergraduate students in the fields of health and engineering. A questionnaire with the Scale of
Professional Self and Hetero-Perception (EAHP) was used to collect the data and descriptive statistics, exploratory
factor analysis, and structural equations modeling were used as analysis techniques. According to the students
from the two areas, the dimensions that best describe their professions are dynamism; technicity; effort; and ethics,
while in the health field, the dimension that received the lowest average score was recognition, indicating that the
professionals working in this field resent the lack of respect, admiration, and prestige in society, despite perceiving
themselves as honest, honored, productive, and hardworking. Also, the average hetero-perception scores were
lower for the health students and the difference between self and hetero-perception was less significant among the
engineering students. The results confirm that the professional identities include gender-related attributes, leading
to the conclusion that health professions remain vulnerable to gender domination relations.
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Relações de gênero, Trabalho
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Identity, Profession, Gender, Health, Engineering
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http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bar/v14n1/1807-7692-bar-14-01-e160082.pdf