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Promotion from Instructor to Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine Carol Bates, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs Harvard Medical School June 2014 Carol Bates, MD, HMS, 2014
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Promotion from Instructor to Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine
Carol Bates, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs Harvard Medical School
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Promotion Pathways • Assistant Professor
º Promotions and Reappointments Committee (P&R) • Area of Excellence • Scholarship
º Longer Service Committee • Continuous teaching for >10 years
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Creating a Promotion Profile
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Distribution of Promotions and Appointments by Criteria AY 12-13
Areas of Excellence
Investigation
Clinical Expertise & Innovation
Teaching & Educational Leadership
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Investigation Profile: Assistant Professor Scholarship
Predominantly peer-reviewed research investigations Often in collaboration with mentor Usually first author – transition to senior author for
associate professor Funding
NIH (e.g. Career Development Award), foundation, industry
PI, Co-Inv Transition to RO1 (Associate professor)
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Clinical Expertise & Innovation Profile: Assistant Professor Clinical Activities crucial
Innovative approaches to diagnosis, treatment, prevention
Demonstrated local expertise CV section on Clinical Innovations
Funding less important Scholarship
Peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed Research investigations Clinical guidelines, reviews, chapters
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Teaching and Education Profile: Assistant Professor Local roles and recognition
Course/residency/fellowship leadership
Developing reach outside of institution
Authorship of teaching material that is adapted locally
Scholarship can include syllabi, course curricula and electronic educational materials Consider submitting to MedEdPortal for peer review
Teaching awards and honors common not required
May have funding to develop courses/programs.
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Creating a Promotion Profile
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Teaching and Education • All faculty evaluated for
teaching contributions which should add to ≥50 hours/year
• Educational activities broadly defined ◦ Student, resident, fellow, peer ◦ Didactic, clinical supervision,
laboratory… ◦ HMS/HSDM, HMS affiliates,
other Harvard campuses
• Teaching outside Harvard counts towards reputation separate from 50 hours
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Creating a Promotion Profile
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Role of Significant Supporting Activities
AoE Teaching
&
Education
Quality
Quantity
AoE Teaching
&
Education
Area of Excellence
Teaching and Education
Significant Supporting Activity
SSA’s
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Assistant and Associate Professor Promotion Process Hospital Department Process
Department Executive Committee
HMS
Submission to Faculty Affairs
Review by P&R Committee
Review by the University
Review by the Dean’s Office
Notification of Department
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What arrives at the Medical School?
• Letter from the Department Chair ◦ Educational background and training ◦ Research, teaching, clinical care, administration contributions
• Approval of Department Executive Committee
• CV in the Harvard format
• Best scholarly contributions (e.g., papers) ◦ 2 for Assistant Professor
• Letters of evaluation/support ◦ 4 minimum for Assistant ◦ At least one external letter must be impartial
• Not a mentor, supervisor, classmate, close colleague (co-author)
◦ Obtained by the Division Chief or Department Chair
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Promotions Milestones
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Longer Service Criteria Committee established in 1999
Promotion for faculty who have been instructors for at least 10 years
Evidence of substantial contributions and growth as a Clinician-Teacher Teaching Clinical practice and care Citizenship/Leadership
No requirement for written scholarship
No requirement for external letters of evaluation (need 3 internal or external)
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HMS Resources • Websites:
http://www.fa.hms.harvard.edu/ The Office for Faculty Affairs at Harvard Medical School
http://facultypromotions.hms.harvard.edu/ Overview of all ‘Area(s) of Excellence’ Create “customized” criteria for rank and activities Format your CV using templates and detailed instruction guide
Dedicated e-mail and phone line for questions E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 617-432-7112
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Maureen Connelly, MD, MPH, Dean for Faculty Affairs
Carol Bates, MD, Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs
Bethany Westlund, PhD, Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs
Program Directors:
Dagmara Cotti, PhD Kathleen Dave, PhD Zoë Fonseca-Kelly, PhD Jonathan Matsui, PhD
Office for Faculty Affairs
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Part-time Appointments: Guiding principles
• Minimal expectation for an appointment: teaching within the Harvard community for 50 hours per year
• Full-time faculty should work at least close to full-time for a primary HMS/HSDM affiliate
• Part-time faculty with ladder titles should have at least a nominal (i.e., 1 day per week) relationship with a primary HMS/HSDM affiliate
• Lecturer and senior lecturer titles are appropriate for others who meet the teaching expectations
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Overview: Level of work commitment required for specific titles
• > 4 days per week: may be considered for a full-time ladder appointment (e.g., Associate Professor); may spend up to 1 of those 4 days working at an ‘affiliate of an affiliate’
• 1 to < 4 days per week: may be considered for a part-time ladder appointment (e.g., Associate Professor, Part-time) if at least 1 day at a primary affiliate
• <1 day per week at a primary affiliate: Lecturer or Senior Lecturer
• Exceptional pathway for global health roles
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Example: Junior Faculty Appointment
Full-time, Ladder Part-time, Ladder Core, non-Ladder
Time at primary affiliate
> 4 days per week*
< 4 days but at least 1 day
<1 day per week
Title Assistant Professor Assistant Professor, part-time
Lecturer
Criteria As per ‘blue book’ for full-time appointments plus 50 hours teaching per year
As per ‘blue book’ for full-time appointments plus 50 hours teaching per year
50 hours of teaching per year
* May work up to 1 of the 4 days at an ‘affiliate of an affiliate’
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Appointments for academic global health activities The Department Head may request a full-time appointment by explaining in an annual letter reviewed by the OFA and the Global Health Appointments Committee (GHAC): 1) nature of the off-site activities and how they relate to the HMS mission 2) distribution of effort at all entities 3) Harvard teaching role, including level of effort and types of Harvard students/trainees/peers taught 4) expected duration of offsite activities 5) source of salary, if applicable 6) institution(s) managing candidate’s grant(s), if applicable 7) academic affiliations or titles other than at Harvard 8) individual responsible for oversight/mentorship of faculty member and mentorship plan, particularly while off-site
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