What Kind of Person You Want to Be？~A Comprehensive Survey on Career Development prior to the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Nephrology~

Abstract

The Career Diversity Committee of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Nephrology (JSPN) disseminated a questionnaire about career development among society members before holding a committee-planned session entitled “Career Development: What Do You Want to Be?”, at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Nephrology. We collected responses from 161 members. The survey responses suggested that “continuation of clinical practice” is important for career development, and that career satisfaction is greatly affected by their workplace and surrounding environment. In addition, 69.5% of respondents were satisfied with the current state of their career development, whereas 25.4% were not fully satisfied for various reasons. The survey findings suggest that to help the members develop their careers, the JSPN should continue listening to members and provide them with programs beneficial for career development while maintaining efforts to support them with knowledge acquisition and upskilling regarding pediatric nephrology.