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Compensation in academic medicine encompasses more than just salary—it reflects a complex blend of clinical productivity, institutional support, leadership roles, and incentive structures. Understanding how faculty time is allocated, how services are credited, and how models like FTE, wRVU, or blended systems operate is essential for department leaders. Effective compensation planning also involves navigating funding gaps, benchmarking against peer institutions, and aligning incentives with departmental priorities such as teaching, research, and diversity efforts. This overview provides foundational insights and resources to help academic leaders build equitable, transparent, and sustainable compensation strategies.

Understanding faculty deployment and protected time