Table 1.
Characteristics of Faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School from 2008–2012.
| Characteristic | 2008 (n=737) |
2010 (n=1151) |
2012 (n=971) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | 0.009 | |
| Track§ | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Instructional | 207 (45.0) | 53 (20.0) | 227 (47.2) | 65 (20.3) | 204 (48.6) | 58 (20.3) | <0.0001 |
| Clinical | 220 (47.8) | 179 (67.6) | 218 (45.3) | 214 (66.9) | 200 (47.6) | 202 (70.6) | |
| Other | 33 (7.2) | 33 (12.5) | 36 (7.5) | 41 (12.8) | 16 (3.8) | 26 (9.1) | |
| Rank¶ | |||||||
| Assistant Professor | 149 (32.4) | 129 (48.7) | 157 (32.9) | 143 (45.3) | 121 (28.8) | 118 (41.7) | <0.0001 |
| Associate Professor | 100 (21.7) | 39 (14.7) | 101 (21.1) | 47 (14.9) | 89 (21.2) | 46 (16.3) | |
| Full Professor | 145 (31.5) | 25 (9.4) | 153 (32.0) | 39 (12.3) | 154 (36.7) | 35 (12.4) | |
| Other | 66 (14.4) | 72 (27.2) | 67 (14.0) | 87 (27.5) | 56 (13.3) | 84 (29.68) | |
| Activities involved£ | |||||||
| Clinical only | 81 (18.0) | 83 (31.1) | 68 (14.2) | 87 (27.5) | 54 (12.9) | 93 (32.9) | <0.0001 |
| Clinical and research | 377 (82.0) | 182 (68.7) | 410 (85.8) | 229 (72.5) | 366 (87.1) | 190 (67.1) | |
| Specialty† | |||||||
| Medical | 127 (27.6) | 72 (27.2) | 121 (25.3) | 96 (30.4) | 107 (25.5) | 73 (25.9) | 0.89 |
| Surgical | 126 (27.4) | 69 (26.0) | 127 (26.6) | 84 (26.6) | 119 (28.4) | 66 (23.4) | |
| Hospital-based/other | 207 (45.0) | 124 (46.8) | 230 (48.1) | 136 (43.0) | 193 (46.1) | 143 (50.7) | |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 359 (80.1) | 197 (78.0) | 361 (75.5) | 229 (72.5) | 315 (75.0) | 224 (79.2) | 0.67 |
| Non-White‡ | 89 (19.9) | 53 (21.2) | 117 (24.5) | 87 (27.5) | 105 (25.0) | 59 (20.9) | |
p<0.0001, Chi-square analysis of independence was performed to test differences between proportions in the instructional and clinical track.
Non-white ethnic groups consist of Arab, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and multiple ethnic groups.
Medical: Dermatology, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, emergency medicine, radiation oncology, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics and communicable diseases
Surgical: Neurosurgery, obstetrics & gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, general surgery, urology
Hospital-based: Anesthesiology, pathology, radiology
Track includes faculty appointment as instructional, clinical only, research only and other (lecturer/clinical lecturer).
Rank includes full professor, assistant professor, associate professor and other (instructor/lecturer)
Activities involved include those who involved in clinical work only, involved in research only and those who involved in both clinical and research works.
Numbers do not add up because some faculty did not report their track or rank.