Table 3.
Demographic and Professional Characteristics Data for 91,414 Faculty in Seven Clinical Departments, AAMC Faculty Roster, December 31, 2011a
| Characteristics | Anesthesiology (n = 6,831) | Medicine (n = 33,389) | Neurology (n = 4,438) | Pediatrics (n = 17,046) | Psychiatry (n = 9,435) | Radiology (n = 8,295) | Surgery (n = 11,980) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race, no. (%)b | <.0001 | |||||||
| URM | 499 (7.3) | 2,425 (7.3) | 211 (4.8) | 1,404 (8.2) | 640 (6.8) | 483 (5.8) | 919 (7.7) | |
| White | 4,149 (60.8) | 19,619 (58.8) | 2,748 (62.0) | 10,803 (63.4) | 5,950 (63.1) | 4,883 (58.9) | 7,737 (64.6) | |
| Asian | 956 (14.0) | 4,920 (14.7) | 577 (13.0) | 1,955 (11.5) | 701 (7.4) | 1,361 (16.4) | 1,441 (12.0) | |
| Multiple/other/unknown | 1,223 (17.9) | 6,399 (19.2) | 899 (20.3) | 2,875 (16.9) | 2,134 (22.6) | 1,557 (18.8) | 1,876 (15.7) | |
| Gender, no. (%)b | ||||||||
| Female | 2,300 (33.7) | 11,627 (34.8) | 1,512 (34.1) | 8,625 (50.6) | 4,233 (44.9) | 2,275 (27.5) | 2,380 (19.9) | <.0001 |
| Faculty rank, no. (%) | ||||||||
| Full-time instructor | 918 (13.4) | 4,065 (12.2) | 459 (10.3) | 1,965 (11.5) | 1,256 (13.3) | 821 (9.9) | 910 (7.6) | <.00001 |
| Assistant professor | 3,455 (50.6) | 14,587 (43.7) | 1,840 (41.5) | 7,904 (46.4) | 4,396 (46.6) | 3,799 (45.8) | 5,022 (41.9) | |
| Associate professor | 1,290 (18.9) | 6,723 (20.1) | 891 (20.1) | 3,489 (20.5) | 1,725 (18.3) | 1,663 (20.0) | 2,672 (22.3) | |
| Full professor | 1,006 (14.7) | 7,287 (21.8) | 1,156 (26.0) | 3,483 (20.4) | 1,893 (20.1) | 1,807 (21.8) | 3,193 (26.7) | |
| Other | 162 (2.4) | 727 (2.2) | 92 (2.1) | 205 (1.2) | 165 (1.7) | 205 (2.5) | 183 (1.5) | |
| Terminal Degree, no. (%) | <.0001 | |||||||
| Medical degree only | 5,580 (81.7) | 25,828 (77.4) | 2,770 (62.4) | 13,230 (77.6) | 4,967 (52.6) | 5,591 (67.4) | 9,322 (77.8) | |
| Doctorate only | 387 (5.7) | 4,147 (12.4) | 893 (20.1) | 2,025 (11.9) | 3,463 (36.7) | 1,821 (22.0) | 1,336 (11.2) | |
| Medical degree and doctorate | 495 (7.2) | 2,543 (7.6) | 669 (15.1) | 1,043 (6.1) | 532 (5.6) | 584 (7.0) | 873 (7.3) | |
| Other or unknown | 369 (5.4) | 871 (2.6) | 106 (2.4) | 748 (4.4) | 473 (5.0) | 299 (3.6) | 449 (3.7) | |
| Age, median (IRQ)c | 47 (17) | 47 (17) | 48 (16) | 47 (17) | 49 (18) | 47 (18) | 47 (16) |
Abbreviations: AAMC indicates Association of American Medical Colleges; URM, underrepresented in medicine; IQR, interquartile range.
Data on race, gender, faculty rank, and terminal degree are from the AAMC Faculty Roster. Data on age are from an AAMC Faculty Roster snapshot that was a special request; the snapshot was prepared on March 31, 2013. The AAMC Faculty Roster includes data on paid faculty at 141 accredited U.S. medical schools.
Data on race and gender exclude 127 faculty members with missing gender information.
Data on age include an additional 1,647 faculty members; see Table 4 for the number of faculty by discipline.