Female Professors in Japanese Medical Schools: The Present Situation and an Analysis of Questionnaires.
- VernacularTitle:医学部・医科大学における女性医師の教授について その現況と，アンケート調査結果
- Author:
Midori SUGIURA
;
Yumiko ARAI
;
Shini UMENOMIYA
;
Yasuo SUGIURA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
professorship;
career;
school graduated from;
family support;
questionnaires
- From:Medical Education
2000;31(2):87-91
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
A questionnaire study was carried out from September through December 1998 to clarify the sex distribution of professorships at Japanese medical schools. Sixty-four (1.7%) professors in 32 medical schools were women. Thirty-five female professors had graduated from national and prefectural medical schools, and 29 had graduated from private medical schools. Twenty professors had careers in basic medical research, 8 in public health, and 36 in clinical medicine. Forty-seven (73.4%) of 64 female professors responded to the mailed questionnaires, and 18 had been promoted in the last 5 years. Although more than half of the female professors faced disadvantages because of their gender, many were fully supported by their supervisors or their families or both. The number of female professors reflects the status of female medical doctors.
