Comprehensive study on life career, training, and support of the woman health professionals in Japan and UK

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285212
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Yoko 京都大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70222411)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKADA Ayako 兵庫県立大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (10425449) ; SAEKI Tomoko 大阪総合保育大学, 児童保育学部, 准教授 (90517210) ; SHIBAHARA Machiko 京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (40625068) ; MIYACHI Yuka 京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (50726015)
• Research Collaborator: IKEDA Noriko
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 女性医療専門職 / 生涯キャリア / 「女性参入型」専門職 / プロフェッショナリズム / ロールモデル / キャリアヒストリー / 専門職教育 / キャリア教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, the problem structures of the career of ‘women clinical（or health） professionals’were observed,and many implications were acquired for the analysis of ; vocation and personal life of women doctors in Japan and UK, lifelong career development and self-formation, medical education and lifelong learning, history and present situation, academic approach and practice. The major outcomes were; 1 the research method of women clinical professionals in Japan and UK ; 2 the trend of feminisation in the professional world of EU ; 3 the relationship of career and other concepts such as ‘professionalism’ and ‘role model’in the Japanese medical world ; 4 the design and development of ‘career history method’(next challenge). These discussions were published through a book, articles, 3 aural reports, and an invited lecture.

Free Research Field

生涯教育学