Dataset Information

Race, Gender, and Faculty Retention in Academic Medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Poor retention may be associated with lack of faculty diversity in academic medicine.

Objective

To examine differences in faculty retention by gender, degree type, and race and ethnicity using data from US medical schools.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study analyzed data from 155 medical schools for 1978 to 2021, which were obtained from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Retention rates were calculated by gender, race and ethnicity, and degree type. Time to attrition was estimated using Kaplan-Meier curves and adjusted Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine the differences in retention by gender and race. Data were analyzed from March 2021 to November 2022.