A survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges used direct contacts with medical faculty members to obtain data on their activities in research. Five specialty groups were identified: medical, surgical, hospital-based specialists, behavioral specialists, and basic scientists. (MLW)

A study of 1980 medical school faculties, based on faculty statistics on the Faculty Roster System of the Association of American Medical Colleges, is discussed. Higher participation of women physicians on medical school faculties than male physicians relative to the numbers of each sex in graduating classes is reported. (Author/MLW)

Basic statistics on degree distribution, type of employment, training and credentials, responsibilities, distribution of specialties and disciplines, and demographic characteristics of new hire faculty and continuing faculty at U.S. medical schools from 1968-1978 are presented. The emphasis is on faculty who received their first medical school…

Using financial data from an annual national survey, differences in revenue patterns are analyzed for six groups of medical schools (research-intensive, generalist-producers, community-based, private/freestanding, private, public) on both departmental and school levels, and information about student financial aid sources is presented for 1989-90…