Kobayashi Aki K
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
J Thorac Dis. 2021 Jan;13(1):456-459. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2020-wts-04.
There is a significant shortage of surgeons in Japan similar to many other countries. There are 40,267 registered surgeons for Japan Surgical Society, among them 23,723 are board certificated, and 7,246 are certified instructors. A total of 3,207 surgeons are members of The Japanese Associations for Chest Surgery, and 245 (7.6%) are female surgeons. Approximately 8,000 medical students graduate annually with medical license. The number of newly registered residents and surgeons has recently been declining overall in the last two decades, however, the percentage of female physicians entering into surgery has been increasing gradually along with increasing number of female medical students entering the medical schools and colleges. With regard to the issue of gender gap, our country is ranked as low as 121 out of 153 countries according to global gender gap report 2020 by World Economic Forum, dropping down from 110 out of 149 countries from previous report in 2018. As the numbers of female colleagues in our workplace increases, we must consider what we can do to build a better working environment for them that is more inclusive and supports their career. In this review, the brief history of surgery and female surgeons is described as well as current situations of female surgeons today in Japan.
与许多其他国家一样，日本外科医生严重短缺。日本外科学会登记在册的外科医生有40267名，其中23723名获得了委员会认证，7246名是认证讲师。日本胸外科学会共有3207名外科医生，其中245名（7.6%）是女外科医生。每年约有8000名医学生获得行医执照。在过去二十年中，新注册的住院医生和外科医生总数最近总体呈下降趋势，然而，随着进入医学院的女医学生数量增加，进入外科领域的女医生比例一直在逐渐上升。关于性别差距问题，根据世界经济论坛《2020年全球性别差距报告》，我国在153个国家中排名低至第121位，低于2018年上一份报告中149个国家中的第110位。随着我们工作场所女同事数量的增加，我们必须考虑我们能做些什么来为她们建立一个更具包容性、支持她们职业发展的更好工作环境。在这篇综述中，将描述外科手术和女外科医生的简史以及当今日本女外科医生的现状。
