title: Family physician satisfaction with two different academic compensation schemes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A growing body of evidence suggests that comprehensive relative-value-based incentive plans (CRVPs) are more effective at tracking and improving academic productivity than other types of academic compensation schemes (ACSs). However, there is little literature to date exploring physician satisfaction with CRVPs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physicians in two academic family medicine departments in Toronto, Ontario, completed an anonymous satisfaction survey. One of these departments used a CRVP to compensate for non-clinical activities; the control group used a monthly stipend based on full-time equivalents (FTEs).
  
  
  RESULTS
  When compared with controls, physicians compensated by a CRVP were more likely to increase their involvement in non-clinical activities, to report being "very satisfied" with their ACS, to feel that their ACS made them "more likely" to continue working in their department, and to feel that their ACS was "fair."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physicians in a family medicine department that used a CRVP felt a greater sense of sense of satisfaction and fairness in terms of their compensation for non-clinical activities. CRVP physicians also perceived an increased involvement in academic activities, were more likely to continue to work in their current department, and to feel that the compensation for non-clinical activities was adequate.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Girdhari
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Geordie
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fallis
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aliarzadeh
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cavacuiti
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics*; D000328:Adult; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics; D013663:Teaching / Q000191:economics; D055815:Young Adult