Hitchcock M A, Anderson W A, Stritter F T, Bland C J
Faculty Development Center, McLennan County Medical Education and Research Foundation, Waco, TX 76707.
Fam Med. 1988 Jan-Feb;20(1):33-8.
This paper describes the academic roles of the 1978 through 1985 graduates of family medicine faculty development fellowship programs sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) and the Division of Medicine of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A total of 329 alumni from 12 of the 59 HHS programs and all five of the RWJ programs were surveyed. Based on a 74% response rate, profiles are drawn of graduates. These profiles are compared to a review of the literature in higher education on fellowships, faculty attrition, faculty activities, tenure, and promotion. Conclusions reached from these comparisons include: (1) The retention rate of fellows in full-time faculty positions equaled or exceeded those of other fellowships found in the literature. (2) The attrition rate of alumni from faculty positions has been less than that noted of faculty in other areas of higher education. (3) On average, fellowship graduates have spent less time in research activities than recommended for productivity. (4) The emphasis on research training, particularly in RWJ fellowships, was appropriate, given increasing expectations for research productivity in tenure and promotion decisions. (5) The national trend toward development of alternatives to traditional tenure tracks matches the patterns found in family medicine fellowship alumni--31% of these alumni were serving on such tracks.
本文描述了由罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会（RWJ）和美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）医学司赞助的1978年至1985年家庭医学教师发展奖学金项目毕业生的学术角色。对HHS的59个项目中的12个项目以及RWJ的所有5个项目的总共329名校友进行了调查。基于74%的回复率，绘制了毕业生的概况。这些概况与高等教育领域关于奖学金、教师流失、教师活动、终身教职和晋升的文献综述进行了比较。从这些比较中得出的结论包括：（1）全职教师岗位上研究员的留用率等于或超过文献中发现的其他奖学金项目的留用率。（2）教师岗位上校友的流失率低于高等教育其他领域教师的流失率。（3）平均而言，奖学金项目毕业生在研究活动上花费的时间少于实现产出所需的推荐时间。（4）鉴于终身教职和晋升决策中对研究产出的期望越来越高，对研究培训的重视，特别是在RWJ奖学金项目中，是合适的。（5）全国范围内发展传统终身教职替代途径的趋势与家庭医学奖学金项目校友的模式相匹配——这些校友中有31%在这样的途径上任职。
