The Ideal Work Environment Required for a Successful Career Path for Female Physicians, Focusing on the Culture, Current Medical System and Education in Japan

Research Achievements

Kae Okoshi. Working environment of physicians: thoughts and reflections of a survey of female doctors at Kyoto University Hospital. The Journal of the Japan Medical Association 2010;139(6):1299-1305 [in Japanese]
Analyzing the attributes of surgeons and working environment required for a successful career path and work-life balance: results of a survey administered to doctors working at Kyoto University Hospital. Journal of Japan Surgical Society 113(3): 334-339, 2012 [in Japanese]
The ideal working environment required for a successful career path and work-life balance: results of a survey administered to doctors working at Kyoto University Hospital. The Journal of the Japan Medical Association 2012;139(6):1299-1305 [in Japanese]

Kae Okoshi. Kyoto University Hospital Survey for Female Physician Support. GCOE Working Papers Research Project for Gender Equality 3 (Kyoto University Grobal COE Program for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia). 2010;1-47 [in Japanese]

Kae Okoshi, et al.The present circumstances of female physicians and the environment for their career continuity at Kyoto University Hospital. The 71st Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Association. Kyoto, Japan, November, 2009 [in Japanese]
Kae Okoshi, et al. In search of a sustainable medical delivery system; from the standpoint of a physician's work-life balance. The 110th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society. Nagoya, Japan, April, 2010. [in Japanese]
Kae Okoshi, Tomoko Tanabe, et al. Early Strategic Career Planning for Female Physicians. The 42nd Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Medical Education. Tokyo, Japan, July, 2010. [in Japanese]
Kae Okoshi, Tomoko Tanabe, Takeshi Nishimura, Norio Hisamoto, et al. The incentives and their limitations for surgeons in Japan. The 111th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society. Tokyo, Japan, April, 2011. [in Japanese]
Kae Okoshi, Tomoko Tanabe, Norio Hisamoto, et al. The ideal working environment required for a successful career path for female surgeons. The 112th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society. Chiba, Japan, April, 2012. [in Japanese]

Kae Okoshi. Possibility for female gastroenterological surgeons to continue working. Committe of Kyoto Medical Association, Kyoto, Japan, March, 2010. [in Japanese]

Examining the University Hospital Work Environment in Consideration of Female Physician Work Continuity, Kyoto, Japan, February, 2009. [in Japanese]
From Female Physician Support to Work–life Balance for all Physicians. Kyoto, Japan, May, 2009. [in Japanese]
Work-life Balance of Health Care Professionals and Quality of Care at Hospitals - Progress in Gender Equality at Kyoto University Hospital-. Kyoto, Japan, January, 2011. [in Japanese]