Confidential

Faculty Pulse Survey

Department of Urology • Michigan Medicine • 2026

This anonymous survey is designed to give you a direct, confidential channel to share how you experience our department. There are no right or wrong answers — only your perspective, which is essential to making this a place where every faculty member can do their best work.

Responses will be reviewed in aggregate only. No individual responses will be shared or attributed.

Estimated time: 5–8 minutes
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About You
Optional context to help us analyze results by cohort — while preserving full anonymity.
D1. Academic rank
D2. Years in the department
1 Trust & Psychological Safety
These questions assess whether our culture supports honest dialogue, transparency, and mutual trust.
1. I feel comfortable raising concerns, disagreeing with a decision, or admitting a mistake without worrying about negative repercussions.
Please select a response
2. Department leadership communicates the reasoning behind major decisions — not just the outcomes — in a way that helps me understand where we are heading.
Please select a response
3. I trust that the Chair and departmental leadership act with the best interests of the faculty and our institutional mission in mind.
Please select a response
4. When I share a concern or idea, I receive a meaningful follow-up or response within a reasonable timeframe.
Please select a response
2 Workload & Well-Being
These questions assess whether expectations, workload, and resources allow faculty to sustain high-quality work over the long term.
5. My overall workload — including clinical, academic, and administrative responsibilities — is sustainable without regularly sacrificing personal well-being.
Please select a response
6. I have adequate resources, support, and infrastructure to do my job effectively.
Please select a response
7. My compensation and total rewards feel fair relative to my contributions and market benchmarks.
Please select a response
3 Growth, Mentorship & Recognition
These questions assess whether the department actively invests in your professional development and recognizes your contributions.
8. I feel the department actively supports my long-term career development, whether through mentorship, promotion guidance, or professional growth opportunities.
Please select a response
9. My contributions — clinical, scholarly, educational, or operational — are meaningfully recognized and valued by the department.
Please select a response
10. The criteria for promotion in my track are clear to me, and I understand what I need to do to advance.
Please select a response
4 Collaboration & Culture
These questions assess the quality of peer relationships and whether our culture supports innovation and inclusivity.
11. There is a genuine spirit of collaboration and mutual support among faculty in our department.
Please select a response
12. The department welcomes new ideas and constructive challenges to existing practices, even when they come from less-senior faculty.
Please select a response
5 Open Reflections
These questions invite you to share context, nuance, and insights that scaled questions cannot capture. Please be as candid as you are comfortable being.
13. Is there any area of our department that you believe is not as strong internally as it may appear externally?
Consider operations, culture, communication, clinical quality, research support, or education.
0 / 2,000
14. Looking ahead, what emerging challenges or risks do you believe our department may not yet be fully prepared for?
Think about market dynamics, clinical volume, regulatory shifts, workforce trends, technology, or competition.
0 / 2,000
6 Direct Feedback for the Chair
These final questions provide a structured way to give candid, actionable feedback directly to the Chair. Your input here will help shape departmental priorities.
15. What should the Chair START doing?
New initiatives, behaviors, communication practices, or priorities you'd like to see introduced.
0 / 2,000
16. What should the Chair STOP doing?
Practices, patterns, or approaches you believe are no longer serving the department well.
0 / 2,000
17. What should the Chair KEEP doing?
Strengths, initiatives, or leadership behaviors that are working well and should continue.
0 / 2,000
7 Overall Sentiment
A headline metric to track departmental health over time.
18. On a scale of 0–10, how likely are you to recommend our department as a great place to work to a colleague at another institution?
Not at all likelyExtremely likely
Please select a score
19. I see myself continuing to build my career in this department for the foreseeable future.
Please select a response
Thank you for your time, honesty, and commitment to making our department stronger.
Your perspective is not only valued — it is essential.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective.
Your responses are anonymous and will be reviewed in aggregate only.
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