Department Process
Determining the most appropriate track for a faculty member is made on the basis of the overall direction of a candidate’s academic career, taking into account the allocation of time to clinical activity, research and teaching. Nominations for faculty appointments and promotion and the granting of tenure are made by the Department of Pediatrics to the School of Medicine.
Faculty should discuss their promotion trajectory at least annually with their division chief. This is often accomplished during the annual Summary of Accomplishment (SOA) meetings. Division chiefs will submit faculty CVs that are to be considered for promotion to the chair of the Department APT committee (DAPT) and the Vice Chair for Faculty. If the faculty member’s accomplishments warrant consideration for promotion, the chair of the DAPT will notify the Departmental APT Coordinator who will generate a request for the dossier materials (CV, Intellectual Development Statement, Annotated Bibliography, list of suggested referees, and Summary of Teaching, if applicable) directly from the faculty member. These materials must be returned to the APT Coordinator prior to review by the DAPT committee.
The DAPT committee meets 3-4 times per year, and once approved by the DAPT committee, the promotion packet is then forwarded on for review to the SOM.
The process takes approximately 12 months in its entirety.
Promotion Timeline
Promotion Requirements: Faculty Career Track - Peds
| Associate Professor | Professor | |
|---|---|---|
| Reputation | Regional | National |
| Traditional scholarship/Peer reviewed pubs |
10/3* | Continued trajectory** of peer-reviewed publications, overall growth in scholarship |
| Non-traditional scholarship |
Scholarly work in education, JEDAl, advocacy, leadership, innovation, QI, outreach, digital, social media, can partially substitute for traditional scholarship | Scholarly work in education, JEDAl, advocacy, leadership, innovation, QI, outreach, digital, social media, can partially substitute for traditional scholarship |
*15 for Research Focus Area
**15 for Clinical/Education Focus Area; 40 for Research Focus Area