Membership
The dean of each member medical school and CEO of each member
teaching hospital may appoint to the GFA one or more persons
from the faculty and staff who have administrative roles in
faculty affairs and faculty development. All GFA members shall
have the privileges of the floor in all discussions and be
entitled to vote. Details >>
Are you the GFA representative for your institution? Log
in to the GFA
Membership Directory to find out. (AAMC Login required)
To become a GFA member, contact Valarie Clark, M.P.A, Director,
Faculty Development at 202-828-0586 or vclark@aamc.org.
GFA Listserve
The GFA listserve (FACAFFS)
listserve facilitates communication among medical school faculty,
administrators, and staff, with responsibility for faculty
affairs policies and faculty development issues. Faculty affairs
colleagues can exchange ideas, post information and questions,
and seek solutions using this electronic resource.
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Databases and Web Sites
Faculty
Roster
This database generates tables on the annual distribution
of U.S. medical school faculty by department, school, rank,
ethnicity, degree, gender, primary specialty, and tenure status.
Faculty
Personnel Policies (AAMC Login required)
This database contains information on appointment, promotion,
and tenure policies of all 125 U.S. medical schools. Data
come from an AAMC survey administered to U.S. medical schools
every three years. For more information, e-mail Sarah Bunton,
Ph.D., at sbunton@aamc.org.
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Publications
Analysis in Brief
July 2008: "U.S. Medical School Faculty Job Satisfaction"
Concerns about the vitality of faculty careers at U.S. medical
schools have been well documented, as medical school leaders
and researchers have raised awareness about overall career
satisfaction, faculty stress and burnout, and struggles with
recruitment and retention. This Analysis in Brief examines
key areas of medical faculty job satisfaction and dissatisfaction
and the disconnect for some faculty between what they value
in the workplace and actual workplace opportunities. Read
the July 2008 issue (PDF, 2 pages)
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