Factors Influencing Acceptance of the Chairperson Position at Annual Scientific Meetings of the Japanese Circulation Society　― A Questionnaire Survey in Chugoku District ―

Noriko Fukue; Mari Ishida; Makiko Taniyama; Natsuko Mukai-Yatagai; Takahiro Sakamoto; Tomoko Tamada; Takeshi Suetomi; Kazuaki Tanabe; Yukiko Nakano

doi:10.1253/circrep.CR-23-0011

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Factors Influencing Acceptance of the Chairperson Position at Annual Scientific Meetings of the Japanese Circulation Society　― A Questionnaire Survey in Chugoku District ―

Noriko Fukue , Mari Ishida, Makiko Taniyama, Natsuko Mukai-Yatagai, Takahiro Sakamoto, Tomoko Tamada, Takeshi Suetomi, Kazuaki Tanabe, Yukiko Nakano

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Noriko Fukue Corresponding author
Department of Cardiology, Medical Corporation Koutokukai Mitajiri Hospital [Japan]
Mari Ishida
Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University [Japan]
Makiko Taniyama
Department of General Medicine, Tamano Division, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama University [Japan]
Natsuko Mukai-Yatagai
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University [Japan]
Takahiro Sakamoto
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center [Japan]
Tomoko Tamada
Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School [Japan]
Takeshi Suetomi
Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
Kazuaki Tanabe
Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University [Japan]
Yukiko Nakano
Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima University [Japan]

Keywords: Annual meeting, Chair acceptance, Diversity, Regional meeting, Session chair

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2023 Volume 5 Issue 6 Pages 260-264

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circrep.CR-23-0011

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Abstract

Background: The Japanese Circulation Society survey revealed that Japanese female cardiologists exhibited a trend to refuse the chairperson position; however, the causal factors remain uncertain.

Methods and Results: We distributed a questionnaire survey among chairpersons of the Chugoku regional meeting in November 2022. The rate of chair acceptance at the annual meeting tended to increase as the chairperson’s experience grew (first time chairing a meeting, 25.0%; 2–3 times, 33.3%; 4–5 times, 53.8%; ≥6 times, 70.0%; P=0.021).

Conclusions: Providing inexperienced members with the chance to perform the role of chairperson will lead to them accepting to chair annual meetings.

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