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Clinician Scholar Track

Eligibility in this track requires “excellence as clinicians, teachers and scholars”. Listed below are examples of the types of activities that could qualify a faculty member for promotion. These guidelines should not be considered an inclusive catalog, or a checklist that will ensure promotion.

Associate Professor

Excel in patient care

Active in patient care - at least 20% of time in clinical activities
Highly regarded as clinician - as evidenced by:
          peer review by faculty
          input from community physicians
          input from physicians in other departments
          outside letters at time of review

Excel in teaching

Respected as a teacher - as evidenced by evaluations from:
          medical students
          housestaff & fellows
          peers (faculty to obtain evaluations from lectures, courses, seminars)

Active and willing participant in teaching activities of Department
Supervised and mentored theses and research of medical students, residents and fellows

Emerging national reputation for outstanding scholarship

Publications
Consistent, ongoing record of high quality original papers in leading journals in the field Publications should be hypothesis testing or epidemiologic in nature as opposed to experiential or descriptive.

Must have a substantive role in the papers (if not first or last author, role should be documented in annotated bibliography).

Productivity should be of the order of 1-3 papers a year and consistent with the expectation of funding agencies.

The quality and the impact factor of the journals and the impact of the papers will be considered.

There should be a well-defined focus of investigation and evidence of emerging independence as an investigator.

Review articles should be invited reviews in leading journals or invited chapters in major texts.

Funding
Should be PI on a grant or grants from national organizations.

There should be significant salary support on the grants. The proportion of salary that is grant supported may vary from section to section and will be determined by the section chief and chair.

Grant funding should support the lab supplies, technical help, data gathering and other costs of the research.

Funding should extend through the first 2 years of the proposed appointment.

Speaking Invitations

These should be invited presentations at national or regional meetings or
Major presentations at non Yale-affiliated hospitals, or other medical schools.

Professor

Must be national or international leaders in their fields. Candidates must have attained the same level of achievement in their domains as candidates for professor in the other faculty tracks.

Excellence in patient care

Sustained excellence in patient care - at least 20% of time in clinical activities
Highly regarded as clinician as evidenced by:
          peer review by faculty
          input from community physicians
          input from physicians in other departments
          outside letters at time of review

Excellence in teaching - Mentoring

Respected as exemplary teacher - as evidenced by evaluations from:
          medical students
          housestaff and fellows
          peers (faculty to obtain evaluations from lectures, courses, seminars)

Active and willing participant in teaching activities of Department

Record of attracting and training academically successful postdoctoral fellows and/or junior faculty
          awards to trainees
          sponsor of trainee research grants
          publications by trainees
          director of training grant

“Outstanding nationally or internationally recognized scholarship which has substantially advanced the field”

Publications

• Sustained record of high quality original papers in leading journals
• Identifiable papers that have substantially advanced the field
• Acknowledged as leader of research team
• The quality and the impact factor of the papers will be considered
• Publication of chapters in highly regarded textbooks

Funding
Should have record of sustained grant funding from national organizations.

There should be significant salary support on the grants. The proportion of salary that is grant supported may vary from section to section and will be determined by the section chief and chair.

Grant funding should support the lab supplies, technical help, data gathering and other costs of the research.

Funding should extend through the first 2 years of the proposed appointment.

Evidence of National & International Recognition

• Invited presentations at national or international meetings
• Editorial board of journals
• Member of national specialty board
• Officer/member of council of subspecialty organization
• Permanent or ad hoc member of NIH study section or other national review panel (e.g. VA, MOD, AHA)