The Triple Threat: The Quintessential Goal of Faculty Development

Faculty positions in oral and maxillofacial surgery are not highly sought-after professional opportunities, despite being amply available to clinicians completing their training. Of the 257 United States oral and maxillofacial surgery residency graduates in 2022, only 8 (3.1%) entered academic practice (Mary Allaire, personal communication, January 3, 2024). Factors dissuading talented surgeons from entering academic practice include financial pressures associated with significant educational debt, thereby leading many auspicious individuals to enter financially rewarding and exclusively private practice settings in our specialty with the perception of greater professional autonomy and more favorable life-work balance.
Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research