Retaining Faculty in Academic Medicine: The Impact of Career Development Programs for Women

• DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2015.5608
• Publication Date: 2016-04-09T02:53:48Z
• Authors: Shine Chang; Page S. Morahan; Diane Magrane; Deborah Helitzer; Hwa Young Lee; Sharon Newbill; Ho-Lan Peng; Michele Guindani; Gina Cardinali
• Keywords: Academic Medicine; Faculty Development

For more than two decades, national career development programs (CDPs) have addressed underrepresentation of women faculty in academic medicine through and leadership curricula. We evaluated CDP participation impact on retention.We used Association American Medical Colleges data to compare 3268 attending CDPs from 1988 2008 with 17,834 40,319 men nonparticipant similar participants degree, rank, first year appointment home institution. Measuring rank departure last position held or December 2009 (study end date), we Kaplan-Meier curves; Cox survival analysis adjusted for age, tenure, department; 10-year rates retention.CDP were significantly less likely leave their peers up 8 years after as Assistant Associate Professors. Full Professor non-CDP women. Men left often at every rank. Participants one those one, but results varied by Patterns switching institutions 10 rank; switched levels among Professors equal rates.National appear offer retention advantage faculty, implications performance capacity building within medicine. Intervals suggest vulnerable periods intervention.