Khan Shariq M, Baccaglini Lorena, Inagaki Asia A, Reinhardt John W, Turner Sharon, Wee Alvin G
Shariq M. Khan is a medical student, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine; Lorena Baccaglini is Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health; Asia A. Inagaki is a dental student, Creighton University School of Dentistry; John W. Reinhardt is Dean and Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry; Sharon Turner is Dean and Professor Emerita, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry; and Alvin G. Wee is a Maxillofacial Prosthodontist, Veterans Affairs Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, Nebraska and Associate Professor, Creighton University School of Dentistry.
J Dent Educ. 2019 May;83(5):560-566. doi: 10.21815/JDE.019.059. Epub 2019 Feb 25.
The aim of this study was to determine whether deans of North American dental schools perceived that one category of department chairperson skills (leadership or management) was more important than the other for their chairpersons to be successful. A secondary purpose was to determine the professional qualifications and personal characteristics these deans perceived contributed most to the success of department chairpersons and whether those differed by the research emphasis of the school. An email survey was sent in 2016 to all 75 deans of U.S. and Canadian dental schools with graduating classes. Section one of the survey was an open response section asking deans to list the five most essential characteristics of a successful department chairperson. Section two asked deans to rank the importance of eight listed professional qualifications, and the last section asked deans to rate the importance of four leadership and four management traits that could contribute to the success of their chairpersons. Questions about characteristics of the deans and the schools were also included. A response rate of 46.7% was obtained. The most frequent characteristics listed in the open response section were in the categories of vision, academic expertise, and integrity. The three most highly ranked professional qualifications were previous teaching experience, previous administrative experience, and history of external research funding. Four of the eight professional qualifications were ranked differently by deans of high compared to moderate research-intensive schools (p<0.05). Overall, the respondents rated leadership skills more highly than management skills (p=0.002) as important for departmental chairpersons.
本研究的目的是确定北美牙科学院的院长们是否认为某一类系主任技能（领导能力或管理能力）对系主任的成功更为重要。第二个目的是确定这些院长们认为对系主任的成功贡献最大的专业资质和个人特质，以及这些是否因学校的研究重点不同而有所差异。2016年，我们向所有75所拥有毕业班的美国和加拿大牙科学院的院长发送了电子邮件调查问卷。调查问卷的第一部分是一个开放式回答部分，要求院长们列出成功的系主任最重要的五个特征。第二部分要求院长们对列出的八项专业资质的重要性进行排序，最后一部分要求院长们对可能有助于系主任成功的四种领导特质和四种管理特质的重要性进行评分。问卷中还包括了有关院长和学校特征的问题。获得了46.7%的回复率。开放式回答部分列出的最常见特征属于愿景、学术专长和正直范畴。排名最高的三项专业资质是以前的教学经验、以前的行政经验和外部研究资金历史。与中等研究密集型学校的院长相比，高研究密集型学校的院长对八项专业资质中的四项的排名有所不同（p<0.05）。总体而言，受访者认为领导技能对系主任来说比管理技能更重要（p=0.002）。
