New bottles for vintage wines: the changing management of the medical school faculty

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
P F Griner, D Blumenthal

Abstract

Medical schools are being challenged to develop innovative mechanisms of faculty governance and management that enlist faculty in meeting the demands of a competitive marketplace. The authors describe some of these mechanisms in this article, which is the result of case studies made in 1997 of ten schools. Measures to increase the accountability of faculty to the strategic directions of the school include having appointment letters that specify explicitly the roles and responsibilities of the faculty member, conducting annual performance reviews based upon more objective criteria, tying salary to performance, lengthening the pre-tenure probation period, instituting post-tenure review, and redefining the salary guarantees of tenured faculty. Equally important is balancing these policies with initiatives to strengthen the accountability of schools to their faculty. Improved methods of communication between administrators and faculty and more efficient processes to enable faculty to participate in decision making are appearing. Formal approaches to mentoring and faculty development are being implemented. Recognition and reward programs are being strengthened. Alternatives to tenure are being developed in recognition of the need fo...Continue Reading

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