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. 2023 May 12;5(6):260-264.
doi: 10.1253/circrep.CR-23-0011. eCollection 2023 Jun 9.

Factors Influencing Acceptance of the Chairperson Position at Annual Scientific Meetings of the Japanese Circulation Society - A Questionnaire Survey in Chugoku District

Noriko Fukue  1 , Mari Ishida  2 , Makiko Taniyama  3 , Natsuko Mukai-Yatagai  4 , Takahiro Sakamoto  5 , Tomoko Tamada  6 , Takeshi Suetomi  7 , Kazuaki Tanabe  8 , Yukiko Nakano  9
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Factors Influencing Acceptance of the Chairperson Position at Annual Scientific Meetings of the Japanese Circulation Society - A Questionnaire Survey in Chugoku District

Noriko Fukue et al. Circ Rep. .

Abstract

Background: The Japanese Circulation Society survey revealed that Japanese female cardiologists exhibited a trend to refuse the chairperson position; however, the causal factors remain uncertain. Methods and Results: We distributed a questionnaire survey among chairpersons of the Chugoku regional meeting in November 2022. The rate of chair acceptance at the annual meeting tended to increase as the chairperson's experience grew (first time chairing a meeting, 25.0%; 2-3 times, 33.3%; 4-5 times, 53.8%; ≥6 times, 70.0%; P=0.021). Conclusions: Providing inexperienced members with the chance to perform the role of chairperson will lead to them accepting to chair annual meetings.

Keywords: Annual meeting; Chair acceptance; Diversity; Regional meeting; Session chair.

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Conflict of interest statement

K.T. is a member of Circulation Reports’ Editorial Team. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Background of respondents. (A) Distribution of respondents’ age and sex. (B) Chair experience by age. (C) Chair experience by sex.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Chair acceptance for the annual scientific meetings of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) according to (A) sex, (B) age, (C) chair experience, and (D) evaluation of the chairperson’s manual. Chair acceptance for annual meetings was compared according to sex and evaluation of the manual using Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. Differences among the 4 age and chair experience groups were evaluated using the Bonferroni test. The Cochrane-Armitage test was used to test the trends in proportions.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
(A) Sex, (B) age, and (C) chair experience of respondents who found the manual useful. The sex, age, and number of times the respondent had chaired a meeting were compared among respondents who indicated that the manual was “useful” using Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables.
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