Why are a quarter of faculty considering leaving academic medicine? A study of their perceptions of institutional culture and intentions to leave at 26 representative U.S. medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 859-869

  Pololi, Linda H ^a,b   Krupat, Edward ^c   Civian, Janet T ^a   Ash, Arlene S ^d   Brennan, Robert T ^e,f  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84863525027     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182582b18     Document Type: Article

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