Abstract
Background: The field of Pharmacy education is experiencing a paucity of underrepresented minorities (URMs) faculty worldwide. The aim of this study is to investigate the current professional status of Chinese-origin pharmacy faculty members, who are considered as a good model of URMs at pharmacy academia in western countries, and identify the influencing factors to their academic career progression in academic careers. Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to Chinese-origin academic staffs at pharmacy schools in US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The survey comprised demographic information, educational background, and the influencing factors to academic career progression. Results: The vast majority of Chinese faculty members who worked in US were male. Individuals with junior academic title comprised the largest proportion. Over 75% of Chinese-origin pharmacy academics were involved in scientific disciplines (e.g., pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and medicinal chemistry). Usually, Chinese-origin academic members spent 4 years obtaining their first academic jobs after finishing PhD degree, and need 5–6 years to get academic promotion. The contributing factors of academic promotion were high quality publications and external funding. Conclusion: Our research offers a deep insight into academic career progression for URMs and give some valuable advice for their pharmacy academic paths.
Highlights
With the development of globalization impacting education, western countries withEnglish-speaking culture have attracted many scholars from non-English speaking countries [1].One report by the National Center for Education Statistic (NCES) indicated that there was a total of761,619 full-time faculty members at U.S degree-granting institutions in 2011
The results showed that the number of Chinese-origin pharmacy faculty working in US comprised largest share, followed by UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Most Chinese-origin pharmacy faculty members worked in science-related subject due to different pharmacy training models between western countries and China
Summary
With the development of globalization impacting education, western countries withEnglish-speaking culture have attracted many scholars from non-English speaking countries [1].One report by the National Center for Education Statistic (NCES) indicated that there was a total of761,619 full-time faculty members at U.S degree-granting institutions in 2011. China has grown up the largest economy and population in the Asian and Chinese scholars working in the western counties are performing an obvious upward trend and becoming a non-neglectful group, so attention urgently needs to be taken for Chinese faculty members. The field of Pharmacy education is experiencing a paucity of underrepresented minorities (URMs) faculty worldwide. The aim of this study is to investigate the current professional status of Chinese-origin pharmacy faculty members, who are considered as a good model of URMs at pharmacy academia in western countries, and identify the influencing factors to their academic career progression in academic careers. The survey comprised demographic information, educational background, and the influencing factors to academic career progression. Chinese-origin academic members spent 4 years obtaining their first academic jobs after finishing PhD degree, and need 5–6 years to get academic promotion. Conclusion: Our research offers a deep insight into academic career progression for URMs and give some valuable advice for their pharmacy academic paths
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