Trend of female medical doctors leaving current employment in japan: analysis of data of employment status survey conducted by ministry of internal affairs and communications

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K08857
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical and hospital managemen
• Research Institution: Tokyo Women's Medical University
• Principal Investigator: Uetsuka Yoshio 東京女子医科大学, 医学部, 特任教授 (40147418)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 冨澤 康子 東京女子医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (00159047)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIYAZAKI SATORU 国立教育政策研究所, 教育政策・評価研究部, 主任研究官 (90533373)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 女性医師 / 継続就労 / 就業構造基本調査 / 子育て / 介護 / ワーク・ライフ・バランス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, the trend of female medical doctors leaving their jobs due to difficulties in balancing her clinical work and housework has become an issue in Japan. In this study, we analyzed medical doctors working in hospitals and other medical facilities who have relatively young child(ren), with the objective to identify the characteristics of medical doctors who are prone to leave their current employment. Various support plans are indispensable to allow female medical doctors in Japan to continue their clinical practice after marriage and childbirth without leaving job. However, the trend of female doctors leaving current employment after childbirth was not clarified in this study due to the characteristics of the survey. Further study is required.

Free Research Field

病院管理学