Reputation

Published
Research

Education
Excellence

• Objective, up-to date, accurate and balanced command of the field being taught
• Effective communication skill
• Documented demonstrations of public accomplishments subject to critical review and analysis of outcomes, and useful to others in the community beyond the School of Medicine
• Course leadership and design
• Student, trainee and peer judgments
• Meritorious publications

Noted in the Teaching Portfolio

Clinical
Distinction

• Professional excellence, integrity, and empathy in treating patients;
• Election to distinguished medical societies relevant to achievement in the practiced field
• Application of new knowledge
• Meritorious publications

Program
Building

Service

Recognition

Beyond the School of Medicine

• Awards or prizes for research or service.
• Presentations at scholarly meetings and conferences.
• Serving on national scientific advisory boards or study sections.
• Serving as an officer or on the council of national scholarly organization.
• Membership in scholarly organizations.
• Serving on editorial boards. Invited presentations at Universities, Hospitals, etc....
• Organizing international, national, or regional research or educational meetings.
• National or international reputation documented by letters of recommendation, leadership in professional societies, and invited talks or invited reviews.

Publications

• Substantive and continuous publication in refereed journals with special emphasis on the quality of original contributions to the field.
• Role of the faculty member in the execution of the project involved in the publications.
• Number of authors and the place of the faculty member among the authors.
• Textbooks or monographs either as sole author or as editor.
• Chapters in text books.

Education

• Quality and quantity of contact hours with students, residents, fellows, and attendees of continuing education courses.
• Educational program director with evidence of learner and program outcomes.
• Development or direction of new courses or special teaching materials such as video tapes, computer programs, and web sites.
• Teaching awards.

Research &
Education
Programs
Support

• Grants and contracts obtained as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator, program director, or co-director.
• Funding from grants and contracts with other principal investigators or program directors.

Clinical
Service

• Reputation as a clinician as manifested by referrals and peer review.
• Number of clinic sessions and patients served.
• Scope and productivity of clinical practice as compared to peers performing similar services to similar patient populations.
• Development of a unique or essential clinical program.

Citizenship
to the
University

• Service on various University, School of Medicine, or Department Committees.
• Serving as a division, program, or section chief.
• Serving as residency or fellowship director, co-director, or administrator.

Trustees of the University for final approval who forwards approved promotion to the Dean, who then notifies the faculty member.