Table 1.

Department and Program Chair Characteristics

DEPARTMENT CHAIR (Respondents)Freq%
Years in role (Mean, SD)6, 6n/a
Gender
    Female3433
    Male6966
    Other00
    Not reported/Unknown11
Ethnicity
    Hispanic/Latino33
    Non-Hispanic/Latino9995
    Not reported/Unknown22
Race
    American Indian/Alaskan Native11
    Asian88
    Black99
    Native Hawaiian00
    White8178
    Not reported/Unknown55
Age
    20 to 2900
    30 to 3933
    40 to 4999
    50 to 594341
    60 to 694442
    70+55
PROGRAM
Residency type
    Medical school based33
    Community based8582
    Military11
    Don't have a residency program00
    Other1514
Rural (size of the community 75K or less)1615
Number of full-time faculty in your department (Mean, SD)39, 43n/a
% of faculty URiM
    066
    1 to 103736
    11 to 202625
    21 to 301111
    31 to 4066
    41 to 5022
    >5088
    Not reported/Unknown88
  • Note: All percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.

  • Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; URiM, underrepresented minorities in medicine.