Challenges facing workstyle reform for Japanese obstetricians and gynecologists revealed from time studies.
Masayuki SekineKoji NishijimaSatoshi NakagawaYukio SuzukiTakashi MurakamiYasuhito KatoTakeshi UmazumeHiroaki TanakaHiroaki KomatsuKoutaro DoiKiyonori MiuraYoshiki KudoNobuya UnnoTadashi KimuraTakayuki EnomotoPublished in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research (2022)
Our study showed the possibility to exist much more OB/GYN doctors who work more than 1860 h of overtime work per year than the data presented by the MHLW based on nation-wide survey in 2019. The fact that the working hours at the side jobs had a great influence on the increase in overtime work of physicians in University was the same result as the report of MHLW published in 2021.