Table 5.

Percentage of respondents who indicated the following factors were primary reasons for leaving SOM, in authors’ 2015 survey of faculty who left SOM between 1999 and 2014

	n (%)
	All respondents (n = 85)	Clinical Line (n = 47)	Non-Clinical (n = 38)
Professional and/or advancement opportunities**	56 (66%)	25 (53%)	31 (82%)
Salary	46 (54%)	28 (60%)	18 (47%)
Personal/family reasons	34 (40%)	21 (45%)	13 (34%)
Issues with support (recognition, appreciation, etc.)	29 (34%)	17 (36%)	12 (35%)
Issues with research support	24 (28%)	16 (34%)	8 (21%)
Issues with clinical support**	13 (15%)	13 (28%)	0 (0%)
Geographic location	13 (15%)	8 (17%)	5 (13%)
Issues with diversity	3 (4%)	2 (4%)	1 (3%)
Discrimination	4 (5%)	3 (6%)	1 (3%)
Other	18 (21%)	8 (17%)	10 (26%)

^† p < .10 * p < .05 ** p < .01 for Pearson’s chi-square test of independence between Clinical Line and Non-Clinical Line