In order to assist the Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development in meeting the needs of our current and future faculty, we rolled out exit surveys for all faculty who leave the Medical School in late 2022, following a pilot. There are some exceptions where faculty are not sent the survey that include: those who retire, were fellows, and any cases where there may be pending litigation. The opinions and experiences of those faculty leaving our institution are critical to helping us understand what we are doing well and areas for improvement.  

Surveys are emailed to faculty from all tracks approximately three months after they have left the institution based on data provided by Faculty Affairs. This lag between leaving and emails being sent allows time for faculty to reflect on their time at Michigan Medicine and how things are progressing in their new role. We ask that those administrators who are completing the termination paperwork provide Faculty Affairs with a forwarding email address so that we can contact the greatest number of departing faculty. 

No individually identifiable information beyond our own review and processing by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development is shared from the survey. Reports to other groups only include aggregate data, and focus on themes, trends, and subgroup analyses based on gender, rank, specialty, etc. Likewise, to protect anonymity of responses, department-specific reports will only be shared with the Department Chair when aggregate data from at least 3 faculty is available, and any individual identifiers will be removed. 

Respondents may choose to skip any question which they are not comfortable answering. Departing faculty are given the opportunity to complete the survey anonymously with no identifiers.  However, we strongly encourage them to share their unique name with us so that we can better analyze the resulting data.  

Note: The survey does not require IRB approval because it does not satisfy the definition of research as per HUM00210646. If you wish to see a copy of the survey questions, please contact Faculty Development at UMMS-Faculty-Development@med.umich.edu.