Table 1.

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 old1 (0.9%)
 40 to 49 years old20 (18.0%)
 50 to 59 years old46 (41.4%)
 60 to 69 years old35 (31.5%)
 70+ years old9 (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%)
 Canada7 (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)
 Other9 (8.1%)
 Medical school based57 (51.4%)
 Community-based, medical school affiliated26 (23.4%)
 Community-based, medical school administered11 (9.9%)
 Community-based, non-affiliated1 (0.9%)
 Don’t have a residency7 (6.3%)
Gender (n = 111)
 Female/Woman47 (42.3%)
 Male/Man60 (54.1%)
 Choose not to disclose4 (3.6%)
Race/Ethnicity (n = 111)
 American Indian/Alaska Native/Indigenous1 (0.9%)
 Asian8 (7.2%)
 Black or African American13 (11.7%)
 Hispanic/Latino/of Spanish Origin4 (3.6%)
 Middle Eastern/North African3 (2.7%)
 Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander1 (0.91%)
 White72 (64.9%)
 Choose not to disclose9 (8.1%)
I self-identify as underrepresented in medicine. (n = 111)
 No90 (81.1%)
 Yes20 (18.0%)
 No response1 (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)