Procedures for Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Underlying Principles

III. Overview and Faculty Structure

• Figure 1
• Faculty Designations
• Academic Basic Scientist
• Academic Clinician/Scientist
• Academic Medical Educator
• Research Faculty
• Clinical Faculty
• Medical Educator Faculty
• Community-Based Faculty

IV. The Appointment Process

• Job Descriptions and Recruitment
• Letter of Appointment
• Institutional Investment in Faculty Members

V. Faculty Evaluation and Re-appointment

• General Guidelines
• Ongoing Evaluation and Formal Reviews

VI. Promotion

• General Considerations
• Tenure
• Promotion Guidelines
• Scholarship -­ Definition and Measurement
• Excellence ­- Definition and Measurement
• Guidelines for Promotion by Faculty Designation
• Titles Series -- Tables A-H
• Academic Basic Scientist (Regular Title Series) - Table A
• Academic Clinician / Scientist (Regular Title Series) - Table B
• Academic Clinician / Scientist (Special Title Series) - Table C
• Academic Medical Educator (Special Title Series) - Table D
• Research Faculty Member (Research Title Series) - Table E
• Clinical Faculty Member (Clinical Title Series) - Table F
• Medical Educator Faculty Member (Adjunct Series) - Table G
• Community-Based Faculty Member (Voluntary or Adjunct Series) - Table H

VII. Accountable Leadership in the Appointment and Promotion Process

III. Conclusion and University Regulations

IX. Acknowledgements

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