 |
| Research article summary (published 30 May 2002): |
A simple plan--faculty compensation in an academic department of emergency medicine.
Full Abstract
An equitable and effective compensation system is essential to the smooth and productive operation of any academic department. While academic departments of emergency medicine must meet clinical, teaching, research, and administrative missions, they are disproportionately reliant on funds derived from clinical activities. The Department of Emergency Medicine at UCSD is a freestanding academic hospital department with responsibility and accountability for its own finances. The compensation system addresses the reliance on clinical income yet recognizes the other, largely underfunded, missions. All salaries are comprised of a base amount tied to the core clinical workload, scaleable stipends for academic rank, years of service, and administrative role, as well as a provision for clinical bonus and additional clinical workload. Faculty have the option of adjusting clinical workload with resultant formulaic modification of departmental salary support. Salary adjustment fosters the core value of clinical service and provides incentive for senior faculty to remain clinically active. The system has been in place for more than six years and has been associated with an excellent record of patient care, teaching, academic productivity, administrative service, faculty stability, and fiscal integrity.
Learn Faster Today Improve your study skills
Author information
Author/s: Guss, David A (DA);
Affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103-8676, USA. dguss(-atsign-)ucsd.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (Acad Emerg Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 9 (issue 6) : pp 654-7
Dates: Created 2002/06/04; Completed 2002/07/18; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12045086, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
Sourced from the National Library of Medicine. Abstract text and other information may be subject to copyright.
Comments and Corrections
CommentIn: Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Jun;9(6):619-20. (PMID: 12045078)
External Links for this article (including full text providers, if available):
Click Electronic Full-text Provider Links to see options for finding the electronic full text links to this article. Note there may be a subscription or fee required for access to the full text. See our FAQ for information on finding FREE full text articles.
This article may also be located in paper journal collections available in many libraries. Use the Journal and Publication Information above to find the full article.
MeSH headings (categories)
This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.
|
|
Related articles
This article has not been indexed for related articles as yet, however you can still use the live related article search links below.
See a large map of 100+ related articles.