A needs assessment of medical school faculty: Caring for the caretakers

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Ch all faculty in the school, including senior administrators. Results: With a 72% response rate, we validated the questionnaire and, using principal components analysis, identified and prioritized the eight interpretable subdimensions: personal growth, achieving balance, teaching, professional networking, research, administrative skills, career progression, and diversity/ethics. All groups of faculty prioritized learning for sustaining their vitality, balancing their personal and professional lives, finding meaning in their work, relationships, and personal growth. Senior administrators prioritized the following for faculty: time management, an institutional outlook, teamwork, and improved performance in teaching, research, and clinical practice. Junior faculty expressed the need for mentoring, scholarship, research, and career planning. Discussion: Attention to faculty humanistic needs and the disparity between the perceived needs by faculty and senior administrators may help explain the attrition of faculty in academic medicine. University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655 Copyright © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company...