The support of female doctors and working style reformation in the Department of Radiology

Ginko Ogino became the first licensed female doctor to practice western medicine in Japan, passing the national examination in 1885, and paving the way for females in Japan to become doctors. Although the proportion of female medical students was less than 10% for a long time, it was more than 30% in the 1990s. They will increase more and more. On the other hand, it was widely reported by the media in 2018 that several medical schools in Japan have manipulated entrance exam scores to restrict the number of female students. The reason for the manipulation was that it anticipated they would shorten their careers due to parenting or nursing, which increases the male doctor's workload. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare started the 'Investigative Commission, for Doctors' Working Style Reformation' in August 2017, In the Department of Radiology, the Japan Radiological Society (JRS) started a committee for diversity promotion and working style reformation in 2017. The Japanese College of Radiology (JCR) began conducting a questionnaire survey of female doctors in 2015. In recent years, the JRS and JCR investigated the working environment of radiologists (Questionnaire results and proposals for working style reformation 2018: JCR News No.226), and held lectures related to the support of female doctors and/or working style reformation. We would like the government and medical institutions to promote these measures further. (author)