title: Trends in obstetric-gynecologic academic manpower and research.
abstract: Medical school full-time faculties continue to grow, despite unchanged numbers of medical students and residents. The 136 United States schools have 2091 male and 861 female full-time faculty, an increase of 22% over the past 4 years. The mean faculty size is 21.6. While numbers of certified subspecialist faculty also continue to increase, a decreasing percentage of all subspecialists are associated with medical schools. More than 1000 additional faculty are anticipated over the next 5 years. Among all faculty, only 34% of physicians devoted 20% or greater time to research. Although total research funding averages over $1 million per department, there are wide disparities, with 59 departments receiving less than $100,000 in federal funding. Obstetric-gynecologic departments as a group receive 1.5% of all National Institutes of Health research funds.
authors.affiliation: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Pearse
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006176:Gynecology / Q000639:trends; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000639:trends; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics