Selection of Medical School Deans in the US, 1954-1979.
A review of biographical data of all persons who served as deans of United States medical schools from 1954 until 1979 indicated that: firstly, clinical faculty continue to dominate deanships; secondly, faculty from fields such as pathology and pharmacology that bridge the traditional dichotomy between pre-clinical and clinical faculty are increasingly being selected as deans; thirdly, clinical specialty fields in which the salaries are very high (with the notable exception of surgery) have consistently contributed few deans; lastly, being a graduate of a highly prestigious medical school is of diminishing value in affecting the likelihood that one will be appointed dean at any medical school, except at highly prestigious medical schools.
Department of Preventive, Family and Rehabilitation Medicine, Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, P 0 Box 644 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA.
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