Although most people who become faculty members do so immediately upon completion of training, some transitionTransition into academic medicine from non-academic positions (e.g., clinical practice, research institutes, industry, government), and some return to medical school Medical schoolfaculty positionsPositionsfaculty after having left. Whether you are a clinically active or research focused faculty member, there is considerable career flexibility. Medical school faculty occasionally change their career paths within the same institution or at a new one by moving to an administrative role, (e.g., training program director, division chief, department vice chair, department chair, dean), deciding to focus more on one mission and less on the others (education, research, or clinical activityClinical activity), or changing departments or roles after a shift in career interests or discipline. Although most faculty remain in academic medicine, some leave to pursue other opportunities outside academia, while sometimes maintaining a non-salaried adjunct or voluntary appointment to continue teaching Teachingstudents and collaborating with colleagues.