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FARAFaculty Appointment, Review and Advancement

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Objectives• Discuss the requirements for promotion and

award of tenure• Explore alternate forms of scholarship• Plan how to strengthen a CV

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Resources• Department Coordinator– Tricia Westbrook (tricia.westbrook@hsc.utah.edu)

• DAC Chair– Nanette Dudley (nanette.dudley@hsc.utah.edu)

• Ad Hoc Committee Members

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Lines, Tracks and RanksCareer Line Tenure LineClinical Track Tenure TrackResearch TrackLecturer Track

RanksInstructorAssistant ProfessorAssociate ProfessorProfessor

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Review Schedule

Tenure Line Career LineInformal Every year Informal Every yearFormal Retention 4th year Formal

Reappointment4th year & then every 5 years

Promotion/Tenure 7th year Promotion Eligible at 5 yearsPost-tenure Every 5 years Post-promotion Every 5 years

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FARA Criteria

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Areas of Accomplishment• Investigation• Education• Clinical Practice Advancement• Administration/Service to Support Missions

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Accomplishment is defined as “Excellence” and “Effectiveness”

• Excellence – requires outward facing contributions and impact

• External to division/department/institution • Depends on rank and area of accomplishment

• Effectiveness – requires inward facing contributions and impact

• Within division/department/institution• Depends on rank and area of accomplishment

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Criteria• Criteria for excellence/effectiveness are the same

for each area of accomplishment across all tracks

• Expectations of excellence/effectiveness in each area of accomplishment varies across tracks– Tenure line – Excellent in investigation + 1 other;

effectiveness in 2 remaining areas– Clinical track – Excellent in 2 areas; effectiveness in 2

remaining areas– Research track – Excellent in investigation

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Research ≠ Scholarship• Scholarship – is dissemination of work– may stem from any area of accomplishment

• Scholarship– Is expected as a fundamental component of a

faculty’s effortBlock et al. Acad Med. 2015;90:279-82

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ScholarshipTypes Characteristics Metrics

Discovery Clear goals Peer reviewedIntegration Adequate preparation Made publicApplication Appropriate methods Built upon by othersTeaching Significant results

Effective presentationReflective critique

Boyer EL, 1990 Scholarship ReconsideredGlassick, Acad Med 2000;75(9):877-880Shulman L. Change. 31:11, 1999*

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Examples: Clinical Practice Advancement

High Quality Clinical Care

Algorithms CPM’s Protocols

Templates Decision Support QI Projects QI ProgramsOversight of Patient CareClinical guidelines Committee

Professional Society committee

Dissemination of QI Projects (outcome/impact)

Computertemplates adopted by others

Peer reviewed publication

MOC Project

Provision of high quality clinical service (effectiveness) is an absolute requirement for promotion for faculty members with a clinical service commitment.

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Examples: EducationTeaching1 Learner

Assessment2Curriculum Development*3

Mentoring4

Advising4 Supervising4 Educational Leadership5

Educational Administration5

Patient Education

Workshop on teaching method

Dissemination of Curricula

Dissemination of Educational Materials adopted or implemented by others

Mentored trainee publication or presentation

Med Ed Portal Peer Reviewed publication

Teaching Award

Effectiveness in Education requires active participation in at least one area of education, ongoing commitment to improving educational skills, and positive assessments.

Excellence in Education requires some form of durable dissemination.

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Examples: Investigation

Data Collection Clinical Trials Quality Improvement

Evaluation of Educational Efforts

Peer-reviewed original articles

Peer-reviewed durable workshops adopted orimplemented by others

Dissemination of innovation through commercial product that leads to improvements in patient care or outcome

Peer-reviewed podcast adopted or implemented by others

Excellence in Investigation requires scholarship, as defined by durable disseminationoutside the institution and cumulative impact.

Effectiveness requires participation in investigation projects that have impact and are disseminated. Authorship is not required*.

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Examples: Administration/Service in Support of Missions

Committees (Dept, University, Professional,Community Health)

Organizationalefforts to meet strategic goals

Program leadership

Unit leadership

Service on Committee that disseminates its work (policy, guideline)

Presentations/Workshops on Administrative/Service topic

Dissemination of innovation related to Administration/Service

Peer reviewed publication

Excellence requires substantial administrative and/or service effort and impact, generally in a leadership role. Developmental, scholarly, and/or investigational contributions are evidence of excellence

Effectiveness requires competent participation

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What Differentiates the Tracks?• Tenure Track– Sustained impact that advances knowledge

• Clinical Track– Sustained impact that advances SOM mission(s)

• Lecturer Track– Sustained focus on education

• Research Track– Sustained focus on investigation

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Award of Tenure

• A cumulative body of work that demonstrates overall excellence with demonstrable impact

• An important criterion for the award of tenure is the confidence that the faculty member will continue sustained excellence in investigation leading to scholarship

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Promotion to Professor

• Addition – Body of work that has changed practice,

understanding, process or methods in their field/area of excellence

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CV and Self Assessment• Your CV should communicate the durable

dissemination and scholarship in your areas of excellence as well as your efforts contributing to effectiveness in specific areas

• Your Self Assessment should describe the quality and impact of specific work listed in your CV

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