CONCEPTS academic emergency medicir~e Meeting the Goals of Academia: Characteristics of Emergency Medicine Faculty Academic Work Styles From the Section of Emergency .Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson. Receivedfor publication June 3, 1991. Revision received October 31, 1991. Accepted for publication December 2, 1991. Harvey W Meislin, MD, FACEP Daniel W Spaite, MD, FACEP Terence D Valenzuela, MD, FACEP Study objectives: Emergencymedicine faculty have 24-hour clinical responsibilities in addition to the academic requirements of research and administration/teaching. This study was undertaken to determine the existing and ideal work style of such faculty by professorial rank, administrative title, and/or tenure versus clinical track. Design: Data analysis from department or residency directors of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved emergency medicine residency programs. Setting: ACGME-approvedemergency medicine residency programs. Type of participants: Emergencymedicine faculty. Results: Ninety-three percent of programs submitted appropriate data. Programsaveraged 11 full- and four part-time faculty. Mean time ranged from 15 to 30 hours per week with an average mean of 23 hours (48% of total work week) for clinical responsibilities, from ten to 32 hours per week with an average mean of 19 hours per week (38%) for administrative/teaching efforts, and from three to 14 hours per week with an average mean of seven hours per week (15%) for research. Total time averaged between 44 and 51 hours per week. Ideal work style emphasized less clinical time and a shorter work week. Responsibilities varied by rank, administrative position, and clinical versus tenure track. Conclusion: Emergencymedicine faculty accomplish the clinical, research, and teaching/administrative demands of academia by increasing the number of faculty, varying the faculty responsibilities by rank and title, and shortening the total work week. Researchtime is extremely limited. [Meislin HW, Spaite DW, ValenzueiaTD: Meeting the goals of academia: Characteristics of emergency medicine faculty academic work styles. Ann Emerg Med March 1992;21:298-302.] MARCH 1992 21:3 ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 298/81