UMass Chan Medical School Alumni Surveys
Office of Institutional Research, Evaluation, & Assessment
Alumni Survey: 2019 Report
Summary
UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts developed and disseminated its first institution-wide alumni survey in October 2010. Given the success of the initial alumni survey project, UMass Chan now surveys alumni on every 5th year anniversary. For 2019 alumni survey, the overall response rate was 24% (421/1731). School-specific response rates are 19% (29/156) and 20% (37/187) for Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, respectively, with a combined response rate of 26% (355/1388) for T.H. Chan School of Medicine and Graduate Medical Education (GME). T.H. Chan School of Medicine and GME response rates were combined because alumni who graduated from T.H. Chan School of Medicine and GME were listed once in master dataset.
Report at a Glance
Employment Status
*63% (259/409) are full-time employees
*14% (56/409) are part-time employees
Table 1
|
Response Rate by School |
Percent |
|
Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences |
19% (29/156) |
|
Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing |
20% (37/187) |
|
T.H. Chan School of Medicine and Graduate Medical Education |
26% (355/1388) |
Table 2
|
Have a current license in MA |
Percent |
|
Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing |
100% (5/5) |
|
T.H. Chan School of Medicine |
44% (94/213) |
|
Graduate Medical Education |
46% (69/149) |
|
Overall* |
54% (168/314) |
*This information not requested from Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences respondents.
Table 3*
|
Primary Specialty in Primary Care |
T.H. Chan School of Medicine |
Graduate Medical Education |
|
Family Medicine |
11% (23/208) |
9% (12/135) |
|
Internal Medicine |
25% (51/208) |
19% (26/135) |
|
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics |
2% (5/208) |
4% (6/135) |
|
Pediatrics |
16% (34/208) |
9% (12/135) |
|
Subtotal Primary Care |
54% (113/208) |
41% (56/135) |
|
Emergency Medicine |
5% (11/208) |
8% (11/135) |
|
OB/GYN |
2% (4/208) |
2% (3/135) |
|
Total Primary Care |
62% (128/208) |
52% (70/135) |
*Respondents indicating multiple subspecialties are included in all applicable categories listed above.
Table 4*
|
Primary Care Specialties |
T.H. Chan School of Medicine |
Graduate Medical Education |
|
Alumni indicating at least one Primary Care specialty (Family Med, Int Med, Int Med/Peds, Peds; with no subspecialties indicated) |
37% (73/200) |
29% (38/129) |
|
Alumni indicating at least one Primary Care specialty (Family Med, Int Med, Int Med/Peds, Peds; with subspecialties indicated) |
20% (40/200) |
13% (17/129) |
|
Subtotal - Alumni indicating at least one of the following: Family Med, Int Med, Int Med/Peds, Peds |
57% (113/200) |
43% (55/129) |
|
Alumni indicating OB/GYN or Emerg Med |
8% (15/200) |
10% (13/129) |
|
Alumni indicating both a Primary Care specialty (including those with subspecialties) and either OB/GYN or Emerg Med |
|
1% (1/129) |
|
Total - Alumni indicating at least one of the following: Family Med, Int Med, Int Med/Peds, Peds, OB/GYN, Emerg Med |
64% (128/200) |
53% (69/129) |
|
Alumni not indicating a Primary Care specialty |
36% (72/200) |
47% (60/129) |
*Respondents indicating multiple specialties are counted only once, and primary care supersedes non-primary care specialties.
Table 5
|
If currently involved in research, select all that apply. |
Percent |
|
Basic |
11% (20/177) |
|
Clinical |
67% (119/177) |
|
Translational |
25% (44/177) |
|
Other |
3% (5/177) |
Table 6
|
Highest three percentages where research takes place |
Percent |
|
Academic Health Science Center |
54% (80/149) |
|
Hospital |
13% (19/149) |
|
University |
10% (15/149) |
Closing
The Provost and Chancellor’s Offices have specified an alumni survey will continue to be disseminated each year to those graduates celebrating their 5th, 10th, 15th, etc. reunion. The results from this annual survey will provide UMass Chan with up to date mailing addresses and career information of its alumni, which will allow the university to better track the individual, and collective, success of its graduates.