title: Research activities of faculty in academic departments of medicine.
abstract: To assess the involvement of current medical faculty in research, a research activities questionnaire and a faculty roster form were sent to all full-time, salaried faculty of departments of medicine in medical schools in the United States. Valid responses from 7483 faculty members were received from 119 medical schools. About 88% of respondents are men; 83% have M.D. degrees; 8% have a Ph.D. degree; and 7% have both degrees. Twenty-four percent of the faculty who have done research had little preparation for a research career. However, 45% of faculty with M.D. degrees had 2 or more years of research training. Seventy-seven percent of faculty with only an M.D. degree reported research activity from 1982 to 1983; the median effort of all faculty with an M.D. is 25%. Faculty with both degrees are more involved in research and the median effort for those with a Ph.D. is 95%.
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004522:Educational Status; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000193:education; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000639:trends; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States