Abstract
We investigated the continuity and persistence of scholarly activities (conference presentations and paper publication) among hospital staff, as well as the factors affecting their interest in scholarly activities. The number of conference presentations, the number of papers published, and the rate at which papers were published for each year from FY 2006 to FY 2019 were examined for scholarly activities at our hospital. In addition, from a survey on interest in scholarly activities conducted among all employees, we analyzed 718 responses obtained in 2014 (response rate 51.6%) and 1223 responses obtained in 2021 (response rate 73.6%). We used univariate analysis to examine the association between interest in scholarly activities and “experience in scholarly activities”, “sense of professionalism”, “sense of being a teaching hospital”, “sense of improving the quality of medical care”, and “use of reference books, papers, and journals”. Subsequently, multivariate analysis was performed using the forced entry method with items having P<0.1 in the univariate analysis as explanatory variables. The scholarly performance of physicians maintained its continuity and sustainability from FY 2006 to FY 2019. In contrast, the scholarly performance of pharmacists and nurses declined. The following explanatory variables were extracted regarding interest in scholarly activities: gender, job title, experience in scholarly activities, sense of professionalism, sense of being a teaching hospital, sense of improving the quality of medical care, and use of reference books, papers, and journals. The multivariate analysis showed that the odds ratios for pharmacists, use of reference books, papers, and journals, sense of improving the quality of health and care, experience in scholarly activities, physician, medical collaboration, sense of professionalism, and sense of being a teaching hospital were large, showing significantly associations with interest in scholarly activities. The number of papers and the rate of publication by physicians remained continuous and persistent, while persistence among non-physician hospital staff declined.
