Ways to guarantee minority faculty will quit academic medicine.

Ways to Guarantee Minority Faculty Will Quit Academic Medicine To the Editor: In the recent article “Hiring wisdom: Top 10 ways to guarantee your best people will quit,” Kleiman discusses major factors leading to employee attrition in business. As we reflected on the academic medical jobs we have had, as well as our research on underrepresented minorities in academic medicine, a striking similarity became apparent: Academic medicine is a business, and faculty members are employees.