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Ajay Malhotra1, Dheeman Futela2, Seyedmehdi Payabvash2
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Chair, Health Equity Committee, American College of Radiology; Chair, Evidence-Based Committee, American Society of Neuroradiology.
Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR
|April 9, 2025
Summary
Faculty promotion in academic radiology has improved, with higher rates and shorter times to promotion over time. While overall promotion rates are similar for men and women, women experience a longer time to promotion.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Radiology
- Academic Medicine
Background:
- Faculty promotion is crucial for retaining academic medical professionals.
- Promotion processes significantly impact diversity within academic medicine.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze faculty promotion trends in U.S. academic radiology departments over time.
- To investigate variations in promotion rates and timelines based on gender and race/ethnicity.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the Association of American Medical Colleges faculty roster for a 14-year follow-up (2009-2024).
- Compared promotion rates and time to promotion across different faculty tracks, gender, and race/ethnicity using bivariate analyses.
- Assessed recent trends by comparing 7-year promotion endpoints between two faculty cohorts (2009-2016).
Main Results:
- Clinical educator-track faculty showed higher promotion rates but longer times to promotion compared to traditional tracks.
- Women on the clinical educator track experienced longer average times to promotion than men.
- More recent faculty cohorts demonstrated increased promotion rates and decreased time to promotion over a 7-year period.
Conclusions:
- Promotion rates in U.S. academic radiology have increased, while the time to promotion has decreased.
- Overall promotion rates between men and women in academic radiology are similar.
- Further analysis is needed to understand gender-based differences in time to promotion.
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