TY - JOUR
T1 - Using relative value units to measure faculty clinical productivity
AU - Albritton, T. Andrew
AU - Miller, Max D.
AU - Johnson, Maribeth H.
AU - Rann, Daniel W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received from ttta Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. Supported #~ part by a grant from the Robert Wood JohnsoTz Foundation. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Albrit-ton: DepL of Medic#~e, BI W 554, Medical College of Georgic~ Augusta, GA 30912.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The objective of this project was to compare faculty productivity in teaching and nonteaching clinical settings. We hypothesized that teaching activity would have no impact on productivity. A mixed model, repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze average relative value units (RVUs) billed and to test for differences between clinics. Data were drawn from 4,956 clinical encounters made within a student, resident, and faculty clinic. Average RVUs per visit were similar in the three settings. Resident supervision increased faculty productivity, while student supervision had no impact on billed RVUs. Thus, RVUs can be used as a measure of faculty clinical productivity in different settings in an academic medical center. Precepting students does not appear to affect clinical productivity.
AB - The objective of this project was to compare faculty productivity in teaching and nonteaching clinical settings. We hypothesized that teaching activity would have no impact on productivity. A mixed model, repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze average relative value units (RVUs) billed and to test for differences between clinics. Data were drawn from 4,956 clinical encounters made within a student, resident, and faculty clinic. Average RVUs per visit were similar in the three settings. Resident supervision increased faculty productivity, while student supervision had no impact on billed RVUs. Thus, RVUs can be used as a measure of faculty clinical productivity in different settings in an academic medical center. Precepting students does not appear to affect clinical productivity.
KW - Faculty productivity
KW - Relative value units
KW - Resident training
KW - Student education
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07146.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07146.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 9383142
AN - SCOPUS:0030707542
SN - 0884-8734
VL - 12
SP - 715
EP - 717
JO - Journal of General Internal Medicine
JF - Journal of General Internal Medicine
IS - 11
ER -