Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption, Policies, and Goals in Family Medicine: A Survey of Department Chairs

Karl T. Clebak; Michael T. Partin; Roland Newman; Anthony Dambro; Alyssa Anderson; Erik Lehman; Morris Taylor; Misbah Keen; Mack T. Ruffin

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2025.250003R1

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Demographic and Department Characteristics of Family Medicine Chairs Collected via CAFM Educational Research Alliance (CERA) survey August 13–September 20, 2024

Demographic Characteristics of Respondents (n = 111)	Number (Percentage)
Age (n = 111)
30 to 39 years old	1 (0.9%)
40 to 49 years old	20 (18.0%)
50 to 59 years old	46 (41.4%)
60 to 69 years old	35 (31.5%)
70+ years old	9 (8.1%)
Location (n = 111)
Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)	24 (21.6%)
South (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)	38 (34.2%)
Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)	27 (24.3%)
West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)	15 (13.5%)
Canada	7 (6.3%)
Size of community (n = 111)
Small (population less than 150,000)	23 (20.7%)
Medium (population 150,001 to 500,000)	30 (27.0%)
Large (population more than 500,000)	58 (52.3%)
Type of residency program associated with your department (n = 111)
Other	9 (8.1%)
Medical school based	57 (51.4%)
Community-based, medical school affiliated	26 (23.4%)
Community-based, medical school administered	11 (9.9%)
Community-based, non-affiliated	1 (0.9%)
Don’t have a residency	7 (6.3%)
Gender (n = 111)
Female/Woman	47 (42.3%)
Male/Man	60 (54.1%)
Choose not to disclose	4 (3.6%)
Race/Ethnicity (n = 111)
American Indian/Alaska Native/Indigenous	1 (0.9%)
Asian	8 (7.2%)
Black or African American	13 (11.7%)
Hispanic/Latino/of Spanish Origin	4 (3.6%)
Middle Eastern/North African	3 (2.7%)
Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander	1 (0.91%)
White	72 (64.9%)
Choose not to disclose	9 (8.1%)
I self-identify as underrepresented in medicine. (n = 111)
No	90 (81.1%)
Yes	20 (18.0%)
No response	1 (0.9%)

	Mean (median)
How many years have you been in your current department chair role? (n = 111)	5.4 (4.0)
How many total years have you served as a department chair? (n = 111)	6.7 (4.5)
How many full-time FTEs (MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, and other types of faculty does your department have? (n = 107)	52.8 (31)