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Degen, Christiane and Kuntz, Ludwig (2014). University hospitals as drivers of career success: an empirical study of the duration of promotion and promotion success of hospital physicians. BMC Med. Educ., 14. LONDON: BMC. ISSN 1472-6920

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Abstract

Background: German hospitals have a well-defined career structure for clinicians. In this hierarchical career system university hospital are stepping stones for career advancement. This longitudinal study investigates the impact of working in university hospitals on the career success of junior physicians and senior physicians. Methods: Consideration of the career trajectories of 324 hospital physicians. Discrete-time event history analysis is used to study the influence of working in university hospitals on the chance of promotion from junior physician to senior physician and senior physician to chief physician. A comparison of medians provides information about the impact of working in university hospitals on the duration of promotion to senior and chief physician positions. Results: Working in university hospitals has a negative impact for advancement to a senior physician position in terms of promotion duration (p = 0.005) and also in terms of promotion success, where a short time span of just 1-2 years in university hospitals has a negative effect (OR = 0.38, p < 0.01), while working there for a medium or long term has no significant effect. However, working in universities has a positive effect on the duration of promotion to a chief physician position (p = 0.079), and working in university hospitals for 3-4 years increases the chance of promotion to a chief physician position (OR = 4.02, p < 0.05), while working there >= 7 years decreases this chance (OR = 0.27, p < 0.05). In addition, physicians have a higher chance of promotion to a chief physician position through career mobility when they come to the position from a university hospital. Conclusion: Working at university hospitals has a career-enhancing effect for a senior physician with ambitions to become a chief physician. For junior physicians on the trajectory to a senior physician position, however, university hospitals are not drivers of career success.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Degen, Christiane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kuntz, Ludwig UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-440481
DOI:	10.1186/1472-6920-14-85
Journal or Publication Title:	BMC Med. Educ.
Volume:	14
Date:	2014
Publisher:	BMC
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1472-6920
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATIONS; EXPERIENCES; HEALTH; SCALE Multiple languages Education & Educational Research; Education, Scientific Disciplines Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44048