Research on motivation for altruistic behavior of doctors and application to professionalism education

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25460617
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Medical sociology
Research Institution	Osaka Medical College (2014-2017) Nagoya University (2013)
Principal Investigator	Suzuki Tomio 大阪医科大学, 医学部, 特別任命教員教授 (50343207)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	錦織宏京都大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (10463837)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	ODA Ryo 名古屋工業大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (50303920)
Research Collaborator	松井智子
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	質的研究 / 利他主義 / 医学教育 / 海外留学 / プロフェッショナリズム / 震災支援
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Professionalism in medical education has recently become a topic of interest. We conducted semi-structured interviews for doctors who went to areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake for medical support, principally regarding their motives. Interview data were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim, followed by analysing it using qualitative research methods. The following concepts were extracted as motives for conducting support in disaster-stricken areas: ‘prosocial orientation’, ‘testing clinical ability ’, ‘wanting a physical experience’, ‘sense of belonging’, ‘noblesse oblige’ and ‘feeling of guilty’. The result appears that the motives were related to their desires and dilemmas as humans and professionals rather than simply to the concept of ‘altruism’. Using the results of case studies will enrich concrete and practical study of the motives and attitudes of doctors conducting prosocial behaviour for both educators and learners.