J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 118(4): 461-465, 2017

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Special contribution

JOB SATISFACTION RELATED TO EXPERIENCES FOR SURGEONS IN JAPAN

The importance of medical care in Japan is increasing with rapidly aging population with low birth rate. Management of human resources in such conditions is of utmost importance. Although the number of medical doctors is increasing, some specialities are experiencing decreases in numbers with marked decreases post-2006. In particular, both the number of surgeons and hospital employed surgeons has decreased markedly. Government policies to decrease medical costs have aggravated work conditions; therefore it is important to evaluate job satisfaction for medical doctors and factors that influence satisfaction, especially depended years of experiences.
This study aims to identify the job satisfaction depended on experiences. The study conducted statistical analysis of the questionnaires of 241 medical doctors (internal medicine, surgeons and the others) at general hospitals and 82 surgeons at university hospitals with job satisfaction as dependent variable.
Our results showed no significant differences in the relationship between job satisfaction and years of experience, however revealed the differences among medical departments and between working places for surgeons for the transition of job satisfaction by years of experiences.

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