Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
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The author used data taken in mid-1989 from the Faculty Roster of the Association of American Medical Colleges to calculate the age distributions of U. S. medical school faculty active at any time from 1978 to 1988 and their age-specific probabilities of separating from their academic positions (e.g., to take another position, to enter the private sector, or to retire). ⋯ The same pattern of sensitivity was true of projected turnover. The conclusion is that the end of mandatory retirement alone will have a negligible effect on medical faculty demographics.