State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Orthopaedics - Female Attending Physician Survey



2005 Female Attending Physician Survey

Survey Number (located on the paper survey you received)


GENERAL

1. Are you in a private or academic setting ?
Private
Academic


2. In what location (city, state) do you practice?


3. What is your subspecialty?


4. Please rank the following factors (1-6) in the order in which they influenced your choice of subspecialty
(#1 being the most influential)
Hours per week
Physical demand of subspecialty
Interest in specialty
Patient population
Reimbursement
Other (please comment)


5. How many days per week are you in clinic?


6. How many days per week are you in surgery?


7. How many hours do you work per week?


8. Is that your choice or is it required by your group?
My choice
Required by group


9. Was part-time work available?
Yes
No


10. Do you consider yourself to work part-time or full-time?
Part-time
Full-time


11. How many nights are you on-call per week?


12. How many female orthopaedists are in your practice?


13. How many female orthopaedists are in your city?


14. Please rank the following factors in the order that each influenced your decision to join a certain practice
(#1 being the most influential)
Location
Reputation of practice/partners
Part-time options available
Number of call nights required
Reimbursement
Personality of practice
Family
Desire to have children
Other (please comment)


15. Do you feel that gender influences work distribution in your practice?
Yes
No


16. Do patients make comments concerning that fact that you are a female orthopaedic surgeon?
Positive
Negative
No comments
Comments you would like to share


MARRIAGE
17. Are you married?
Yes
No


18. At what age did you get married?


19. At what corresponding point in your career did you get married?


20. Is your spouse employed?
Yes
No


21. If so, is your spouse employed inside or outside the house?
Inside
Outside


22. Hours per week that your spouse works


CHILDREN
While we are aware that these issues affect all working mothers, we are interested in how orthopaedic surgeons deal with the following:

23. Do you have children?
If no, please answer question # 24 and then skip to question # 46 in the "CONCLUSION" section
Yes
No


24. Do you feel an additional burden to cover for partners with children?
Yes
No


25. Did you plan when to have children?
Yes
No


26. If so, what factors influenced your decision?


27. Did you have children when you anticipated having them?
Yes
No


28. How many children do you have?


29. At what age did you have each child?
Child #1
Child #2
Child #3
Child #4


30. In retrospect, would you have children earlier or later?
Earlier
Later
Would not change


31. What recommendations would you give as to when to start a family?


32. Did you have any unique experiences or obstacles during pregnancy?


33. During your pregnancy, were you supported by
Residents
Atttendings
OR staff, Nursing, etc.


34. During your pregnancy, were you criticized by
Residents
Atttendings
OR staff, Nursing, etc.


35. Were any special accomodations made during your pregnancy by your partners or department?
Yes
No
If Yes, please expand


36. How long did you take for maternity leave with each child?
Child #1
Child #2
Child #3
Child #4


37. Did you want more time off?
Yes
No


38. What hindered you from taking more time off?


39. If you desired, were you able to breast feed when you returned to work?
Yes
No


40. Do you have outside help with your children (family, live-in nanny, day care)?
Yes
No


41. Are you content with how the care of your children is divided between you and your spouse?
Yes
No


42. What percentage of the weekday are your children with
Extended family
Spouse
Live-in nanny
Sitter at your home
Sitter outside your home
Day care


43. What percentage of your children's events are you able to attend?
0 - 25%
26 - 50%
51 - 75%
76 - 100%


44. Has having had children influenced your career goals?
Yes
No


45. Do your children comment about your career, you working too much, etc.?
Yes
No


CONCLUSION

46. Does a career in orthopaedics offer you the flexibility to balance career and family to your liking?
Yes
No


47. What percentage of your week do you spend with the following?
Work
Family
Yourself


48. Do you ever feel like you cannot do anything as well as you would like because you are spreading yourself too thin?
Yes
No


49. If yes, how do you deal with those feelings?


50. If given the opportunity, would you go into orthopaedics again?
Yes
No


51. How can orthopaedics attract more females?


52. Based on your experiences, what suggestions do you have for females thinking about a career in orthopaedics?




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