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Allocation of time in three academic specialties.
A B Sanders1, D W Spaite, R Smith
1Department of Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
|September 1, 1988
Summary
Tenure-track emergency physicians spend 46% of their time on clinical duties, 20% on research, and 34% on administration. This differs from cardiologists and orthopedic surgeons, who dedicate more time to clinical work and research.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Academic Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
Background:
- Academic physicians face increasing demands on their time.
- Understanding time allocation is crucial for faculty development and retention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To characterize time allocation among tenure-track emergency physicians.
- To compare emergency physician time distribution with cardiology and orthopedic surgery faculty.
Main Methods:
- A telephone survey of emergency medicine residency programs.
- Data collection on clinical, research, and administrative hours for faculty.
- Comparative analysis with cardiology and orthopedic surgery faculty at the same institutions.
Main Results:
- Tenure-track assistant professors in emergency medicine spend 23 hours (46%) on clinical duties, 11 hours (20%) on research, and 18 hours (34%) on administrative tasks.
- Cardiology and orthopedic surgery faculty dedicate significantly more time to clinical duties and research, but less to administrative tasks.
- Significant variations in research time were observed among different emergency medicine programs.
Conclusions:
- Emergency physicians' time allocation differs from other academic medical specialties.
- Findings may assist academic emergency physicians in evaluating their time distribution.
- Further investigation into factors influencing time allocation is warranted.