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Miyake R, Komatsu H, Ihira K, Hasegawa A, Maeda Y, Takemori S, Noguchi M, Dofutsu M, Onodera Y, Shinagawa M, Suemitsu T, Sugita Y, Higuchi Y, Izaki N, Kodera C, Nagase Y, Odawara K, Ogura J, Osaku D, Ohsuga T, Enomoto N, Kanai T, Mishima S, Morita K, Otsuka S, Suzuki K, Miura K, Yoshida Y. "Welcome to OBGYN World!" A novel recruitment event for medical students organized by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2023; 49:487-492. [PMID: 36418215 DOI: 10.1111/jog.15504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
"Welcome to OBGYN World!" A novel recruitment event for medical students organized by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Since 2012, the number of doctors in Japan who specialize in obstetrics and gynecology has shown a decreasing trend. To increase the number of doctors majoring in obstetrics and gynecology, the Japanese Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynecology subcommittee developed a new recruitment event called Welcome to OBGYN World! (WOW!); the aim of this event was to focus on lower grades of medical students. The present report describes the content of WOW! and the results of a post-event questionnaire administered to participating students and tutors. WOW! was held online in order to avoid the risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 infection for participants. Sixty of the 82 medical schools nationwide (73.2%) participated in this event. Overall, there were 285 participating students, ranging from first to fourth grade in medical school, and 106 tutors were involved to teach material at the event. In the post-event questionnaire survey, 97.6% (248/254) and 100% of the participants stated they now had a high degree of interest in obstetrics and gynecology and found the specialty attractive, respectively. Furthermore, 93.6% (90/94) of the tutors stated that WOW! had helped recruitment activities in their universities. Based on this outcome, members of the Japanese Trainees of Obstetrics and Gynecology subcommittee will now try to increase the number of doctors specializing in obstetrics and gynecology by holding WOW! annually.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ryuta Miyake
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan
| | - Manaka Shinagawa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
| | - Tokumasa Suemitsu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
| | - Yosuke Sugita
- Nippon Medical School Tamanagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Yayoi Higuchi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaizuka City Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Daiken Osaku
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japanese Red Cross Yamaguchi Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan
| | - Takuma Ohsuga
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tannan Regional Medical Center, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - Yoshio Yoshida
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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