Objective Significant gender disparities exist in some medical specialties, particularly cardiology. We assessed work, personal life and work-life balance in women in cardiology in Australia and New Zealand (NZ), compared with other specialties, to determine factors that may contribute to the lack of women in the specialty. Methods This study is a prospective survey-based cohort study comparing cardiology and non-cardiology specialties. An online survey was completed by female doctors in Australia and NZ, recruited via email lists and relevant social media groups. The survey included demographics, specialty, stage of training, work hours/setting, children and relationships, career satisfaction, income and perceptions of specialty. Results 452 participants completed the survey (median age 36 years), of which 57 (13%) worked in cardiology. Of all respondents, 84% were partnered and 75% had children, with no difference between cardiology and non-cardiology specialties. Compared with non-cardiology specialties, women in cardiology worked more hours per week (median 50 hours vs 40 hours, p<0.001), were more likely to be on call more than once per week (33% vs 12%, p<0.001) and were more likely to earn an annual income >$3 00 000 (35% vs 10%, p<0.001). Women in cardiology were less likely to agree that they led a balanced life (33% vs 51%, p=0.03) or that their specialty was female friendly (19% vs 75%, p<0.001) or family friendly (20% vs 63%, p<0.001). Conclusions Compared with other specialties, women in cardiology reported poorer work-life balance, greater hours worked and on-call commitments and were less likely to perceive their specialty as female friendly or family friendly. Addressing work-life balance may attract and retain more women in cardiology. Data are available upon reasonable request. Deidentified participant data are available by contacting AVC (ORCID 0000-0002-5123-5980). The data can be used at the discretion of the authors.

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工作与生活的平衡：心脏病学和其他专业女性的比较

目的 某些医学专业，尤其是心脏病学，存在显着的性别差异。与其他专业相比，我们评估了澳大利亚和新西兰 (NZ) 心脏病学女性的工作、个人生活和工作与生活的平衡，以确定可能导致该专业女性人数不足的因素。方法 本研究是一项基于前瞻性调查的队列研究，比较心脏病学和非心脏病学专业。澳大利亚和新西兰的女医生通过电子邮件列表和相关社交媒体群组完成了一项在线调查。调查包括人口统计、专业、培训阶段、工作时间/环境、子女和人际关系、职业满意度、收入和对专业的看法。结果 452 名参与者完成了调查（中位年龄 36 岁），其中 57 人（13%）从事心脏病学工作。在所有受访者中，84% 有伴侣，75% 有孩子，心脏病学和非心脏病学专业之间没有区别。与非心脏病专科相比，心脏病学女性每周工作时间更长（中位数 50 小时 vs 40 小时，p<0.001），更有可能每周待命不止一次（33% vs 12%，p<0.001 ) 并且更有可能赚取 > 3 00 000 美元的年收入（35% 对 10%，p<0.001）。心脏病学领域的女性不太可能同意她们过着平衡的生活（33% 对 51%，p=0.03）或者她们的专长对女性友好（19% 对 75%，p<0.001）或对家庭友好（20% 对63%，p<0.001)。结论 与其他专业相比，心脏病学女性报告的工作与生活平衡较差，更多的工作时间和随叫随到的承诺，并且不太可能将他们的专业视为女性友好或家庭友好。解决工作与生活的平衡问题可能会吸引并留住更多心脏病学女性。可应合理要求提供数据。可通过联系 AVC (ORCID 0000-0002-5123-5980) 获得未识别的参与者数据。作者可以自行决定使用这些数据。