Time well spent: the association between time and effort allocation and intent to leave among clinical faculty.

Authors

• Susan M Pollart
• Karen D Novielli
• Linda Brubaker
• Shannon Fox
• Valerie Dandar
• David M Radosevich
• Michael L Misfeldt

Publication/Presentation Date

3-1-2015

Abstract

PURPOSE: To explore the relationship between clinical faculty members' time/effort in four mission areas, their assessment of the distribution of that time/effort, and their intent to leave the institution and academic medicine.

METHOD: Faculty from 14 U.S. medical schools participated in the 2011-2012 Faculty Forward Engagement Survey. The authors conducted multivariate logistic regression analyses to evaluate relationships between clinical faculty members' self-reported time/effort in each mission area, assessment of time/effort, and intent to leave the institution and academic medicine.

RESULTS: Of the 13,722 clinical faculty surveyed, 8,349 (60.8%) responded. Respondents reported an average of 54.5% time/effort in patient care. The authors found no relationship between time/effort in patient care and intent to leave one's institution. Respondents who described spending "far too much/too much" time in patient care were more likely to report intent to leave their institution (odds ratio 2.12, P< .001). Those who assessed their time/effort in all mission areas as "about right" were less likely to report intent to leave their institution (64/1,135; 5.6%) than those who reported "far too little/too little" or "far too much/too much" time/effort in one or more mission areas (535/3,671; 14.6%; P< .001).

CONCLUSIONS: Although the authors found no relationship between reported time/effort in patient care and intent to leave, the perception of "far too much/too much" time/effort spent in that mission area was correlated with intent to leave the institution. Efforts to align time/effort spent in each mission area with faculty expectations may improve retention.

Volume

90

Issue

3

First Page

365

Last Page

371

ISSN

1938-808X

Published In/Presented At

Pollart, S. M., Novielli, K. D., Brubaker, L., Fox, S., Dandar, V., Radosevich, D. M., & Misfeldt, M. L. (2015). Time well spent: the association between time and effort allocation and intent to leave among clinical faculty. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 90(3), 365–371. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000000458

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

25119554

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article