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Gender Issues in Physiotherapy in Quebec, Canada
Debbie Ehrmann Feldman1, Cassandra Bellavance2, David Frédérick3
1From the: School of Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy Program and School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Centre for interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation, Centre for research in public health, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Purpose:
This study examines gender differences in the physiotherapy (PT) profession in the province of Quebec regarding: (1) areas of practice; (2) roles associated with the advancement of the profession; (3) formal disciplinary complaints; and (4) interests and competency perceptions of PT students.
Methods:
We collected data from the Canadian Institute of Health Information, the Quebec Professional Order of Physiotherapy, Quebec university public Internet sites, and PT associations. We also surveyed PT students at the Université de Montréal.
Results:
The PT workforce in Quebec was 76.6% women. The presidents of the four main PT associations were men. In the five university programmes, the percentage of male and female physiotherapists in tenure track positions was 46% and 54%, respectively. There were more sanctioned complaints of sexual misconduct and not maintaining continuing education for male physiotherapists, while more women were sanctioned for problems with documentation and billing. Among students, men were more interested in becoming administrators, but neither men nor women had a strong interest in research.
Conclusions:
Male physiotherapists make up 23.4% of the PT workforce in Quebec but are more involved in leadership positions in the profession than women.
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