• Amalia Cochran, William B Elder, Marie Crandall, Karen Brasel, Tricia Hauschild, and Leigh Neumayer.
• Department of Surgery, University of Utah, 30 North 1900 East, SOM 3B313, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. Electronic address: amalia.cochran@hsc.utah.edu.
• Am. J. Surg. 2013 Nov 1; 206 (5): 661-6.

BackgroundA significant faculty attrition rate exists in academic surgery. The authors hypothesized that senior residents and early-career faculty members have different perceptions of advancement barriers in academic surgery.MethodsA modified version of the Career Barriers Inventory-Revised was administered electronically to surgical residents and early-career surgical faculty members at 8 academic medical centers.ResultsResidents identified a lack of mentorship as a career barrier about half as often as faculty members. Residents were twice as likely as faculty members to view childbearing as a career barrier.ConclusionsMany early-career faculty members cite a lack of mentors as a limitation to their career development in academic surgery. Childbearing remains a complex perceived influence for female faculty members in particular. Female faculty members commonly perceive differential treatment and barriers on the basis of their sex. Faculty development programs should address both systemic and sex-specific obstacles if academic surgery is to remain a vibrant field.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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