The Short-Term Impacts of Japan's 2024 Physician Working-Hour Limits on Labor Conditions, Self-Directed Professional Development, and Happiness Among Obstetrician-Gynecologists.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the short-term impacts of Japan's newly implemented physician working-hour limits (April 2024) on working conditions, self-directed professional development (SDPD), defined as activities undertaken outside working hours to enhance one's professional skills, and work-related happiness among obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs).

Methods

An online survey was conducted between July 8 and July 31, 2024, targeting 867 Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology members. Five hundred and fourteen full-time practitioners who had not changed workplaces around April 2024 and had no missing data were analyzed. Participants were stratified by regulation levels (A, B, C, discretionary labor system, those who don't know their own level), and their working hours, antici

SUBMITTER: Maeda Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12646816 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature