Furr Martin
J Vet Med Educ. 2018 Spring;45(1):16-26. doi: 10.3138/jvme.0216-031r1. Epub 2017 Jun 28.
Faculty attrition and recruitment for veterinary clinical faculty positions have been reported as significant problems in veterinary medical education. To investigate the factors that may be important in veterinary clinical faculty retention, the perceptions and views of veterinary clinical academic faculty were determined using a web-distributed electronic survey. Responses were dichotomized by whether the respondent had or had not left an academic position and were analyzed for their association with faculty attrition. A total of 1,226 responses were recorded, and results demonstrated that factors other than compensation were associated with veterinary clinical faculty attrition, including departmental culture, work-life balance, and recognition and support of clinical medicine by the administration. Forty-four percent of respondents who had held a faculty appointment reported leaving academia either voluntarily or for non-voluntary reasons such as failure to achieve tenure, retirement, or having their position closed. Attention to correcting deficiencies in workplace culture and professional rewards could be a beneficial means by which to decrease the faculty attrition rates currently observed in clinical academic veterinary medicine.
据报道，兽医临床教师职位的人员流失和招聘是兽医医学教育中的重大问题。为了调查可能对兽医临床教师留任至关重要的因素，通过网络分布式电子调查确定了兽医临床学术教师的看法和观点。根据受访者是否离开学术职位将回答进行二分法处理，并分析它们与教师流失的关联。共记录了1226份回复，结果表明，除薪酬外的其他因素与兽医临床教师流失有关，包括部门文化、工作与生活的平衡以及管理层对临床医学的认可和支持。44%曾担任教师职位的受访者表示，他们是自愿或因未能获得终身教职、退休或职位被取消等非自愿原因而离开学术界的。关注纠正工作场所文化和职业回报方面的不足，可能是降低目前临床兽医学术界教师流失率的有益手段。
