The proportion of U.S. medical school clinical faculty on tenured or tenure-eligible tracks has declined over time, according to new research released by the AAMC. For the past several decades, financial uncertainty, changes in health-care delivery and reimbursement, and changing workforce needs have prompted medical schools to continually refine their appointment and tenure policies. The latest issue of AAMC Analysis in Brief examines clinical faculty tenure systems, financial guarantees associated with tenure and probationary period length. For more information, please visit http://www.aamc.org/data/aib/aibissues/aibvol7_no1.pdf.

The evolution of medical school faculty appointment and tenure policies is also examined in the March issue of Academic Medicine. In "The Continued Evolution of Faculty Appointment and Tenure Policies at U.S. Medical Schools," authors Sarah Bunton, Ph.D., and William Mallon, Ed.D., from the AAMC Division of Medical School Services and Studies, present a review and analysis of such policies for both basic science and clinical faculty. For more information, please visit http://www.academicmedicine.org.