Table 2.

Factors Associated with Time to Implementation of Faculty Development Projects: Kaplan-Meier Analysis

	Cumulative Kaplan-Meier Survival Function Through Median Follow-up (% Success)
		Follow-up Months
	N*	6	12	18	Logrank Test χ2 (P Value)
Overall	110	22	36	50
Factors significantly (P < .05) associated with implementation
2+ team meetings first 6 months†	59	36	53	73	15 (.001)
<2 team meetings	35	1	23	26
Team stable†	64	30	48	64	6.5 (.01)
Team turnover occurred	31	16	26	36
Protected time for faculty to work on teaching skills project†	35	31	51	71	4.8 (.01)
No protected time for project	59	20	34	44
Team-rated likelihood of success‡
High§	62	26	44	61	5.0 (.03)
Low	48	17	27	35
Larger medicine faculty (>75)‡	66	27	39	59	4.4 (.03)
Smaller medicine faculty (≤75)	44	13	31	36
Any funding for faculty development†//	78	24	41	57
No funding	32	16	25	38	4.4 (.04)
Factors not significantly (P≥ .05) associated with implementation
Concurrent HRSA institutional funding for faculty development (fiscal year 2000)†	6	50	67	83	3.6 (.06)
No concurrent HRSA funding	100	21	36	48
HRSA institutional funding for faculty development (past 10 years)†	34	26	47	59	2.4 (.12)
No HRSA funding (past 10 years)	72	20	33	46
Internal institutional funding†	71	23	35	48	2.2 (.13)
No internal funding reported	39	20	28	38
External funding for project†	34	21	35	59	0.8 (.4)
No external funding reported
Target audience needs assessment	46	33	43	59	1.9 (.2)
No target audience needs assessment†	49	18	39	51
Dedicated support staff obtained†	66	25	42	64	0.6 (.4)
No dedicated support staff	28	24	39	50
Number of team members over 3‡	77	22	34	52	0.6 (.4)
Number of team members 2 to 3	33	21	42	46
Department of medicine reported ongoing faculty development‡¶	45	26	36	51	0.36 (.5)
No ongoing faculty development	49	22	41	51
University hospital‡	57	23	39	51	0.3 (.6)
Nonuniversity hospital	53	21	34	49
Salary support for some faculty to work on teaching skills project†
Yes	29	23	43	57	0.11 (.7)
No	65	28	35	48
Support of supervisors/institutional leaders†	56	33	44	53	0.04 (.8)
No support of supervisors/institutional leaders	36	20	36	54
Urban setting‡	79	23	35	49	0.02 (.9)
Rural setting	24	25	46	50
Instructors with appropriate expertise identified†	80	24	40	54	0.01 (.9)
Instructors with appropriate expertise not identified	14	28	43	57

^*Total N varies slightly due to number of missing values at 6 months.

^†Reported at 6 months.

^‡Reported or determined at baseline.

^§Majority of team rated likelihood of success “extremely likely” (5 on a 5-point scale).

^//Summary of funding: concurrent HRSA funding for faculty development in teaching skills or team's self-report of obtaining internal or external funding.

^¶Data from prior national survey of faculty development,²² available only for 94 teams.