“We need less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons.” 1 So
began a 1994 editorial in the British Medical Journal by statistician Douglas G. Altman …

Background Our general surgery residency (46 residents, graduating 6 categoricals per
year) offers the opportunity for 2 categorical residents at the end of their second year to …

OBJECTIVES: To determine what clinician-educators consider important for promotion, and
what support they find helpful and useful for success. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study …

Excessive competition for biomedical faculty positions has ratcheted up the need to
accumulate some mix of high-quality publications and prestigious grants to move from a …

Background Teaching-focused faculty positions have grown in popularity in higher
education and provide novel opportunities to transform undergraduate science, technology …

MOST ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS (AMCS) HAVE missions that aim for excellence in 3
areas: education, research, and patient care. For decades,“triple-threat” faculty members …

Most academic health sciences centers offer faculty leadership development programs
(LDPs); however, the outcomes of LDPs are largely unknown. This article describes …

Faced with many potentially divisive questions related to tenure and promotion, leaders at
medical schools have lacked an overview of examples of how other medical schools are …

Purpose Academic medical faculty members are assessed on their research productivity for
hiring, promotion, grant, and award decisions. The current work systematically reviews …

BACKGROUND: Scholarly activity is expected of program directors of Accreditation Council
for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited residency training programs …