Characteristics of Clerkship Directors and the Benefits and Challenges of the Role: A CERA Study
CDs valued the role for promotion and career advancement. However, they felt inadequately compensated and reported insufficient time for the role and for scholarship. Given the importance of clerkships for recruiting students into family medicine, it is critical to ensure adequate protected time, scholarship time, and commensurate compensation to attract and retain excellent faculty for the CD role.
Authors
- Lia Pierson Bruner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9069-0380)
- Christine M. Forke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2262-8363)
- Peter F. Cronholm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2570-7056)
- Hillary R. Mount
- Sandra K. Burge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-7957)
- Nicole M. Place (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3552-0455)
Institutions
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- University of Georgia (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- Augusta University (US)
- Augusta University Health (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Family Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22454/fammed.2026.931273
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00