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Variables associated with full-time faculty appointment among contemporary U.S. Medical school graduates: implications for academic medicine workforce diversity.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20592523     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: The authors sought to identify variables independently associated with full-time faculty appointment among recent medical graduates.
METHOD: With institutional review board approval, the authors developed a database of individualized records for six midwestern medical schools' 1997-2002 graduates. Using multivariate logistic regression, they identified variables independently associated with full-time faculty appointment from among demographic, medical-school-related, and career-intention variables. They report adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
RESULTS: Of 1,965 graduates in the sample, 263 (13.4%) held full-time faculty appointments in 2007-2008, including 14.4% (123/853) of women graduates and 8.6% (17/198) of underrepresented minority (URM) graduates. Women (OR: 1.386; 95% CI: 1.023-1.878), MD/PhD program graduates (OR: 2.331; 95% CI: 1.160-4.683), and graduates who reported a career-setting preference for "full-time university faculty" on the Association of American Medical Colleges' Graduation Questionnaire (OR: 3.164; 95% CI: 2.231-4.486) were more likely to have a full-time faculty appointment. Graduates who chose family medicine (OR: 0.433; 95% CI: 0.231-0.811) and surgical specialties (OR: 0.497; 95% CI: 0.249-0.994) were less likely to have a full-time faculty appointment. URM race/ethnicity was not independently associated with full-time faculty appointment (OR: 0.788; 95% CI: 0.452-1.375).
CONCLUSIONS: Efforts to increase representation of women graduates in academic medicine seem to have met with greater success than efforts to increase representation of URM graduates. Greater participation of URM students in MD/PhD programs and in interventions during medical school that promote interest in academic medicine careers may increase URM graduates' representation in academic medicine.
Authors:
Dorothy A Andriole; Donna B Jeffe; Heather L Hageman; Kimberly Ephgrave; Monica L Lypson; Brian Mavis; Leon McDougle; Nicole K Roberts
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges     Volume:  85     ISSN:  1938-808X     ISO Abbreviation:  Acad Med     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-01     Completed Date:  2010-08-13     Revised Date:  2011-12-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8904605     Medline TA:  Acad Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1250-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. andrioled@wustl.edu <andrioled@wustl.edu>
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Data Collection
Education, Medical, Graduate / statistics & numerical data*
Ethnic Groups / statistics & numerical data*
Faculty, Medical / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Minority Groups / statistics & numerical data*
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Questionnaires
Sex Distribution
United States
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P30 CA091842-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS; P30 CA091842-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS

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