メディカルスタッフの現状と課題：糖尿病チーム医療，資格取得，学会発表，臨床研究，論文投稿，ジェンダー

The Committee to promote diversity of diabetes medical professionals and researchers of the Japan Diabetes Society conducted a questionnaire survey to clarify the current circumstances and issues surrounding medical professionals who care for diabetic patients. The survey targeted all society members and obtained answers from 2,284 of 17,802 society members. In this survey 84.5 % of participants performed team medical care for diabetes treatment. As team medical care, 60.1 % provided “foot care”, 54.3 % provided “medical instruction to prevent dialysis in diabetes”, and 25.9 % provided “prevention and management of sarcopenia”. We look forward to future change in the prevention and management of sarcopenia. Among the respondents 62.6 % gained the qualification of Certified Diabetes Educator of Japan (CDEJ), and 25.5 % gained the qualification of Certified Diabetes Educator of Local (CDEL). Among the respondents, 8.9 % reported that “I acquired CDEJ, but I did not update it”, while 11.7 % reported “I acquired CDEL, but I did not update it”. The update rate was high among society members who held the qualification. Among the respondents, 76.6 % reported that “I gave a presentation at a meeting”, “I performed a clinical study.” was 57.0 %, and 37.9 % reported “I published an article”. We considered that we, as an academic society, could support medical professions. A significantly higher percentage of female respondents answered yes to the question, “Have you experienced the difficulty in relation to gender aspects at work?”. Accordingly, further studies are necessary to investigate the influence of gender in the workplace.