“Sink or Swim”—A National Qualitative Study Examining Negotiation Experiences of Early‐Career Emergency Medicine Researchers
Most EM fellowship graduates did not negotiate key elements of their first academic job offer, often due to a lack of accessible information. Mentorship and protected time for research were the two biggest drivers of job acceptance and perceived productivity. Greater transparency and standardized employment offers-or formal negotiation training in the absence of the latter-may help build a more productive and sustainable pipeline of EM physician-scientists.
Authors
- Abigail Tapper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-1104)
- Melissa A. Pasao
- J. Moser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-2135)
- Michelle Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0219-027X)
- Margaret E. Samuels‐Kalow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0576-8903)
- Jennifer S. Love
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.70229
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine