J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 118(6): 668-672, 2017

Special contribution

CURRENT STATUS OF SUPPORT FOR FEMALE DOCTORS IN THE SPECIALIST MEDICAL SOCIETIES OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SCIENCE IN 2015: RESULTS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY

1) Committee on Gender Equality, Japan Surgical Society
2) Center of Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sachiyo Nomura1), Yasuko Tomizawa1), Hiroshi Ohtsu2), Tomoko Ogawa1), Ikuko Shibazaki1), Mitsuo Shimada1), Emiko Takeshita1), Kazuhiro Hanasaki1), Tomoko Hanashi1), Hiroko Yamashita1), Sadako Akashi1), Hideko Yamauchi1), Hirotaka Iwase1), Tomoaki Taguchi1), Koutarou Maeda1), Seigo Nakamura1)

Questionnaires about gender equality in board certification program, councilors, officers, members of committees, and female doctor supports system were done for all the 123 branches of the Japanese Association of Medical Science (June, 2015). The answer rate was 100％ (123/123). The numbers of both female doctor members and female new members were increased compared to the 2011 questionnaires. The increasing speed was slightly higher than that of 2008 to 2011 １）２）. However, the proportion of female members (16.4％) and female new members (24.7％) was not increased. The proportion of female certified doctors (15.5％) was around the same as the proportion of female members. The proportion of female councilors was slightly increased (8.4％), but the low proportion of female councilors (1.3％) in surgical society was remarkable in worse. Gender equality was slightly advanced, however, more acceleration is needed.

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