Results of a questionnaire survey on career support, role of academic societies, and social networking ―Questionnaire at the 44th meeting of the eastern branch of Japan Society of Hepatology―

Abstract

Before the project related to the Career Support and Diversity Promotion in the 44th meeting of the eastern branch of Japan Society of Hepatology, a questionnaire survey on career support, role of academic societies, and social networking was conducted among conference participants. The respondents included 185 men and 53 women, including 49 (21%) aged ＜40 years. Many respondents believed that the lack of time (61%) and inadequate support systems (43%) were obstacles to their careers. Many respondents were positive about their degrees and studying abroad. Web-based holding of scientific meetings (74%) and web-based qualification renewal procedures (51%) were the most common requests to academic societies for career support and promotion of diversity. In addition, 44% of the respondents were on Facebook and 32% were on Twitter.