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AAMC-COACHE Medical Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey
One of the benefits of participating in Faculty Forward is access
to the AAMC-COACHE Medical Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey, the
only national job satisfaction survey tailored specifically to physicians
and scientists who work in academic medical centers.
The AAMC developed this faculty satisfaction survey instrument
and diagnostic benchmarking tool for medical schools in partnership
with the Collaborative
on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education. The survey has been developed and
reviewed by experts in survey design, statistics, economics, psychology,
and medical faculty affairs, and was based upon in-depth focus groups
with medical school clinical and basic science faculty members (see
Medical Faculty Job Satisfaction: Thematic
Overviews from Ten Focus Groups (PDF) as
well as the extant literature. For an overview of the instrument,
see Survey Content and Item Examples (PDF).
The AAMC-COACHE Medical Faculty Job Satisfaction tool provides
participating institutions with a management tool that can be used
as a powerful lever to understand and improve the quality of work
life for faculty. Participating schools receive detailed reports,
including:
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An innovative dashboard, which provides an overview of various
dimensions of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction among faculty
at a given institution. As seen in this sample Executive Summary (PDF), the dashboard
reflects the percentage of items answered higher or lower between
one institution's faculty and faculty at peer institutions,
or between faculty in certain groups within an institution.
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A comprehensive statistical report of the strengths and weaknesses
of the institution's faculty work environments as perceived
by full-time faculty. Data are presented by satisfaction levels,
thematic clusters, appointment type, department, and other variables.
- A comparison of the school's results to selected peer institutions
as well as to all cohort institutions (peer institutions remain
anonymous in the reports), providing the understanding of the
data in the context of other medical schools
- Results of up to 15 custom questions that institutions can add
to the survey to address local conditions and concerns.
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