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AAMC STUDY SHOWS MINORITY FACULTY IN ACADEMIC MEDICINE ARE PROMOTED AT DIFFERENT RATES THAN WHITE FACULTY
AAMC Research Papers Featured in JAMA
Washington, D.C., September 6, 2000 -- While the representation of minority medical school faculty in academic medicine has steadily increased in recent years, their rates of promotion continue to lag far behind those of white faculty, according to a new Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) study entitled "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Faculty Promotion in Academic Medicine" published in the Sept. 6 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study is one of four documents authored by AAMC staff that appear in the annual medical education issue of JAMA.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Faculty Promotion in Academic Medicine
AAMC research appearing in JAMA shows that among medical school faculty members who became assistant or associate professors between 1980 and 1989, minority faculty were less likely than white faculty to be promoted by 1997. "The results highlight the need for medical schools to examine the reasons racial/ethnic disparities in promotion exist in their institution," write AAMC authors Di Fang, Ph.D., Ernest Moy, M.D., Lois Colburn, and Jeanne Hurley. "Specifically, they may be encouraged to review the promotion criteria that may place too much emphasis on basic research and undervalue contributions in education, administration, and community service often made by minority faculty."
Trends in U.S. Medical School Faculty Salaries, 1988-1989 to 1998-1999
In a study entitled "Trends in U.S. Medical School Faculty Salaries, 1988-1989 to 1998-1999," AAMC research shows that while actual average medical school faculty salaries are increasing, the real growth rate of average clinical faculty salaries is declining and that of basic science faculty is increasing. Between 1988 and 1998, the actual median clinical faculty salary increased from $101,000 to $150,000, and the actual median basic science faculty salary increased from $52,000 to $78,000, according to AAMC authors Erich Studer-Ellis, Ph.D., Jennifer S. Gold, and Robert Jones, Ph.D.
Review of U.S. Medical School Finances, 1998-1999
Each year, AAMC staff prepare a report on the finances of U.S. medical schools for JAMA's medical education issue. In this year's study entitled, "Review of U.S. Medical School Finances, 1998-1999," AAMC staff note that revenue supporting programs and activities of the 125 accredited medical schools in the United States totaled $39.7 billion in 1998-1999. Three sources accounted for 79.3 percent of total revenues: practice plans, grants and contracts, and hospital support. AAMC authors Jack Y. Krakower, Ph.D., Tanya Y. Coble, Donna J. Williams, and Robert F. Jones, Ph.D., gathered the data from the Annual Medical School Questionnaire of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
AAMC's 2000 Graduation Questionnaire
In a letter submitted to JAMA, the AAMC's John Lockwood, Ph.D., Deborah Danoff, M.D., and Michael Whitcomb, M.D., write that according to the AAMC's annual graduation questionnaire (GQ) -- a survey distributed to all graduating medical school seniors querying them about medical school curricula, policy and national reforms -- many of the objectives set forth in the Medical School Objectives Project (MSOP) are being addressed in medical school curricula including technology in medicine, nutrition, and compassionate treatment of patients. The goals of the AAMC's MSOP are to identify program level learning objectives that medical school deans and faculties can use as a guide in reviewing their medical student education programs, and to suggest strategies that they might employ in implementing agreed upon changes in those programs.
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