TY - JOUR
T1 - National Survey Identifying the Factors Affecting the Career Development of Cardiologists in Japan
AU - Nishizaki, Fumie
AU - Shimbo, Mai
AU - Fukue, Noriko
AU - Matsumoto, Chisa
AU - Noma, Satsuki
AU - Ohno-Urabe, Satoko
AU - Kamiya, Chizuko A.
AU - Kanki, Sachiko
AU - Ide, Tomomi
AU - Izawa, Hideo
AU - Taniguchi, Tatsunori
AU - Nakayama, Atsuko
AU - Kobayashi, Yoshio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Background: Equality in training opportunities, studying abroad, and satisfaction with work are not well investigated among Japanese cardiologists. Methods and Results: We studied cardiologists’ career development using a questionnaire that was emailed to 14,798 cardiologists belonging to the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) in September 2022. Feelings regarding equality in training opportunities, preferences for studying abroad, and satisfaction with work were evaluated with regard to cardiologists’ age, sex, and other confounding factors. Survey responses were obtained from 2,566 cardiologists (17.3%). The mean (±SD) age of female (n=624) and male (n=1,942) cardiologists who responded to the survey was 45.6±9.5 and 50.0±10.6 years, respectively. Inequality in training opportunities was felt more by female than male cardiologists (44.1% vs. 33.9%) and by younger (<45 years old) than older (≥45 years old) (42.0% vs. 32.8%). Female cardiologists were less likely to prefer studying abroad (53.7% vs. 59.9%) and less satisfied with their work (71.3% vs. 80.8%) than male cardiologists. Increased feelings of inequality and lower work satisfaction were investigated among cardiologists who were young, had family care duties, and had no mentors. In the subanalysis, significant regional differences were found in cardiologists’ career development in Japan. Conclusions: Female and younger cardiologists felt greater inequality in career development than male and older cardiologists. A diverse workplace may prompt equality in training opportunities and work satisfaction for both female and male cardiologists.
AB - Background: Equality in training opportunities, studying abroad, and satisfaction with work are not well investigated among Japanese cardiologists. Methods and Results: We studied cardiologists’ career development using a questionnaire that was emailed to 14,798 cardiologists belonging to the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) in September 2022. Feelings regarding equality in training opportunities, preferences for studying abroad, and satisfaction with work were evaluated with regard to cardiologists’ age, sex, and other confounding factors. Survey responses were obtained from 2,566 cardiologists (17.3%). The mean (±SD) age of female (n=624) and male (n=1,942) cardiologists who responded to the survey was 45.6±9.5 and 50.0±10.6 years, respectively. Inequality in training opportunities was felt more by female than male cardiologists (44.1% vs. 33.9%) and by younger (<45 years old) than older (≥45 years old) (42.0% vs. 32.8%). Female cardiologists were less likely to prefer studying abroad (53.7% vs. 59.9%) and less satisfied with their work (71.3% vs. 80.8%) than male cardiologists. Increased feelings of inequality and lower work satisfaction were investigated among cardiologists who were young, had family care duties, and had no mentors. In the subanalysis, significant regional differences were found in cardiologists’ career development in Japan. Conclusions: Female and younger cardiologists felt greater inequality in career development than male and older cardiologists. A diverse workplace may prompt equality in training opportunities and work satisfaction for both female and male cardiologists.
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U2 - 10.1253/circj.CJ-23-0063
DO - 10.1253/circj.CJ-23-0063
M3 - Article
C2 - 37380440
AN - SCOPUS:85168803537
SN - 1346-9843
VL - 87
SP - 1219
EP - 1228
JO - Circulation Journal
JF - Circulation Journal
IS - 9
ER -