University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Clinical Faculty Perceptions of the Department Research Culture Across 5 Domains, Proportion of Positive Responses, 2021–2023
| 2021 (n = 62) | 2022 (n = 63) | 2023 (n = 69) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |
| Leadership Vision: My department… | |||
| Has a plan for building research and scholarship capacity | 80.3 | 81.0 | 89.9 |
| Values, supports, and makes visible research and scholarship opportunities for all faculty, not only research faculty | 61.3 | 73.0 | 72.5 |
| Values and expects peer reviewed publications from all faculty | 85.5 | 85.7 | 91.3 |
| Supports collaborative research across individuals, disciplines, departments, and institutions | 62.3 | 68.3 | 77.6 |
| Has leadership positions and committees specific to research & scholarship | 85.5 | 92.1 | 91.3 |
| Culture of Inquiry: My department… | |||
| Has research and scholarship requirements in all faculty job descriptions and time expectations | 60.7 | 58.7 | 70.6 |
| Has opportunities available for all faculty to participate in research and scholarship | 41.0 | 54.0 | 63.6 |
| Has career pathways available to those who want to emphasize research & scholarship | 72.6 | 84.1 | 84.1 |
| Embraces a wide lens of what counts as research and scholarship | 66.1 | 69.8 | 71.0 |
| Has small internal pilot or seed grants available to support research and scholarship | 79.0 | 87.3 | 92.8 |
| Research Training: My department has… | |||
| Department-level or medical school-level courses for training in research and scholarship | 93.5 | 95.2 | 95.7 |
| Local research and scholarship mentoring and coaching, formal and informal | 61.3 | 73.0 | 84.1 |
| Regular presentations/seminars to present research or scholarship findings | 69.4 | 77.8 | 89.9 |
| Research Infrastructure: My department has… | |||
| A one-stop place/resource for faculty to get help with research & scholarship | 63.9 | 79.4 | 87.0 |
| Readily accessible evaluation and statistical analysis services | 56.5 | 71.4 | 76.8 |
| Ways of tracking and facilitating research and scholarship projects from application to implementation to dissemination | 51.6 | 65.1 | 71.0 |
| Research facilitators in local clinics available to all faculty and learners | 67.7 | 81.0 | 85.5 |
| Research Capacity | |||
| My current capacity to participate in research & scholarship matches my goals. | 19.4 | 36.5 | 43.5 |
| I am satisfied with my current capacity to participate in research & scholarship. | 19.4 | 33.3 | 43.5 |
| My capacity to participate in research & scholarship has increased over the past year. | 22.6 | 23.8 | 31.9 |
| I would like more help to build my research & scholarship capacity. | 51.6 | 42.9 | 37.7 |