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- Committee Report -

Results of a Survey on Early Careers Among Members of the Japan Lung Cancer Society in Fiscal Year 2023

Aya Fukuizumi¹, Hiroaki Akamatsu², Keisuke Asakura³, Yoshihito Kogure⁴, Rie Sakakibara⁵, Hideki Shinno⁶, Tadaaki Yamada⁷, Takaaki Sasaki⁸, Tomoyoshi Takenaka⁹, Kentaro Tanaka¹⁰, Yugo Tanaka¹¹, Hirotsugu Notsuda¹², Akito Hata¹³, Mariko Fukui¹⁴, Hideyuki Furumoto¹⁵, Masanori Tsuchida^16
1Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Japan, ²Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Japan, ³Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan, ⁴Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Japan, ⁵Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan, ⁶Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan, ⁷Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Neurology, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan, ⁹Department of Surgery and Science, ¹⁰Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan, ¹¹Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, ¹²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Japan, ¹³Department of Thoracic Oncology, Kobe Minimally Invasive Cancer Center, Japan, ¹⁴Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University, Japan, ¹⁵Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Japan, ¹⁶Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan

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Objective. The Japan Lung Cancer Society established the Early Career Support Committee in 2023. This survey was conducted to understand the needs and current situations of society members. Methods. The survey targeted 7,734 members of the Japan Lung Cancer Society utilizing SurveyMonkey^Ⓡ. The questionnaire comprised six questions related to personal situations of the respondents and four questions about projects and lectures planned by the Early Career Support Committee. Results. The response rate was 7.7%, with 595 respondents. The age distribution was as follows: 20-29 years old, 21 individuals (3.5%); 30-39 years old, 172 individuals (28.9%); 40-49 years old, 226 individuals (38.0%); 50-59 years old, 117 individuals (19.7%); and 60 years old and above, 59 individuals (9.9%). The gender breakdown showed 444 male members (74.6%), 149 female members (25.0%), and 2 members who did not disclose their gender (0.3%). More than half of the respondents requested "dispatch to international academic conferences, " "scholarships for study abroad, " or "lectures for career advancement" as the most frequently requested projects and lectures to be realized. In contrast, regarding issues hindering career development, 43.7% of respondents mentioned "university-centered personnel systems in medical departments". Conclusion. The need for planning and implementing support considering the diverse positions and values of society members has become evident.
key words: The Japan Lung Cancer Society, Early Career Support Committee, Career support

JJLC 64 (3): 151-157, 2024