Recruiting Practices for Department Chairs and Center Directors in U.S. Medical Schools

The recruitment process of leaders at organizations in general, and at academic medical centers in particular, has been widely criticized as being ineffective and inefficient. Yet for important roles in medical schools such as department chairs, center directors, and other major administrative positions, little is known about how the search process works beyond conventional wisdom and anecdote. This Analysis in Brief provides descriptive data on the search and recruitment process for department chairs and major center directors at U.S. medical schools and describes the role of teaching hospital CEOs in the recruitment of clinical department chairs.

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