Job Satisfaction amongst Medical College Faculties in Jharkhand: A Mixed-Method Study

Introduction: Quality medical education may also depend on the satisfaction of faculties and doctors in their medical institution while performing their duty. The present study was conducted to assess the job satisfaction of medical college faculties in Jharkhand. Materials and Methods: In the present mixed-method study, 30 faculties from state medical colleges and 15 faculties from autonomous medical institute were included. To assess job satisfaction, rating from 0 to 10 was used on given questions. ‘ t ’ test was used to compare the mean scores of job satisfaction domain between both group of faculties. Thematic analysis was done for qualitative data. Results: Overall job satisfaction was higher for autonomous institute faculties than state medical college faculties ( P = 0.03). Faculties from state government medical colleges were not satisfied with their salary structure, infrastructure, workforce shortage and poor career development prospects as compared to autonomous medical institute faculties. Because of the changing directives of the National Medical Commission, faculties feel difficulty in curriculum implementation. Conclusions: Better salary structure and other perks similar to the central autonomous medical institute can improve faculty retention and ultimately medical education in Jharkhand.