Faculty Retirements Will Likely Exacerbate the Anatomy Educator Shortage

Autor/inn/en	Edwards, Danielle N.; Meyer, Edgar R.; Brooks, William S.; Wilson, Adam B.
Titel	Faculty Retirements Will Likely Exacerbate the Anatomy Educator Shortage
Quelle	In: Anatomical Sciences Education, 16 (2023) 4, S.618-628 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Edwards, Danielle N.) ORCID (Meyer, Edgar R.) ORCID (Brooks, William S.) ORCID (Wilson, Adam B.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-9772
DOI	10.1002/ase.2217
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Teacher Retirement; Anatomy; Science Teachers; Doctoral Students; Personnel Selection + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Anatomie; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung
Abstract	Medical education has reported a shortage of anatomy educators since the 1960s. While the faculty pipeline has recently been explored, insights into retirement intentions, a key driver of faculty turnover, have yet to be investigated. With the mean age of anatomists rising, knowledge of retirement intentions among current educators is essential to understanding the anatomy educator shortage. This study explored the retirement intentions of current anatomy educators and their likely effects on the workforce. Surveys were distributed to department heads and the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) membership to inquire about job postings from 2018-2020 and retirement intentions, respectively. Department heads sought to fill open positions due to faculty retirements (36%, 15 of 42), faculty relocations/sabbaticals/new responsibilities (31%), and brand new positions (24%). The retirement intentions survey revealed that 61% (23 of 38) of faculty '55 and older' intend to retire within five years. Based on the extrapolation of AAA membership data, estimates suggest that almost twice as many anatomy faculty could retire per year (n = 40) over the next five years compared to the estimated number of annual PhD graduates (n = 22) likely to enter the workforce. Factors driving retirement intentions were overwhelmingly age and finances, followed by job satisfaction and family. The creation of new anatomy educator positions to address increased student enrollments and new health sciences programs is likely to place even greater strain on workforce demands. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01