Faculty Development and the

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• Faculty Development and the
• Promotion Process
• Sharon W. Weiss, M.D.
• Associate Dean
• Faculty Development

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It is in everyones interest that you succeed
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Faculty Replacement Cost

• Hiring costs 31,000
• Training 1,000
• Lost productivity 23,600
• Total 55,600

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The key to faculty success is understanding
expectations
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And knowing where to go for help
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Tracks

• Tenure
• Clinical (CT)
• Research (RT)

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Clinical Track (60)

• Majority in clinical departments
• Skilled physician and teacher
• Professional service and teaching
• Unlimited period for promotion

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Tenure Track (30)

• Most in preclinical departments with minority in
  clinical departments
• Heavy emphasis on scholarship
• Participation in all 3 missions
• Time-limited period for promotion (9 yrs)

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Research Tract (10)

• Majority in preclinical departments
• Scientific investigator
• Emphasis on scholarship with less emphasis on
  service teaching
• Unlimited period for promotion

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Scholarship

• New information
• Peer reviewed publications
• Sustained extramural funding
• Presentations at prestigious national meetings
• Significant review articles, chapter, books

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Teaching

• Preparation of course materials
• Design of courses, rotations
• Positive evaluations
• Mentoring
• Workshops, lectures, CME courses
• Leadership role in educational programs (e.g.
  director of residency, MS course)

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Professional Service

• Patient care
• Administrative responsibilities
• Membership regional-national societies
• National-international leadership positions
• Institutional committees
• Community service

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Tenure Clinical
Outstanding Excellent Good
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Promotion Packet

• Chairs letter
• Personal statement
• Teaching portfolio
• Internal Letters
• External letters
• Curriculum vitae
• Papers (5)

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Teaching Portfolio

• Overview of responsibilities
• Assessment / methods used
• Education in professional organizations and
  public service
• Teaching materials
• Awards
• Trainees
• Self instructional teaching courses

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Letters of Recommendation

• 4-6 external letters
• Internal letters
• Educational co-ordinator
• Division director
• Colleagues
• Students, residents, advisees
• Patients (limit)

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External Reviewers

• Nationally prominent
• Professional knowledge of candidate
• Personal acquaintance not necessary
• Objective (no mentors, collaborators)

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Recommendation Letters What Do We Look for?

• A general assessment
• Impact of work
• Comparison to others in the field
• Promotion potential at authors institution
• Collegiality, teaching skills

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External Reviewers

• Think in advance whom you will ask
• Ask informally
• Do not write to the person directly

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Board of Trustees
Provost
Presidential Advisory Committee
T T
Dean
CT and RT
Council of Chairs
SOM Promotion Committee (gt90 success)
Chair
Departmental Promotion Committee
Division Director/Chair
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Why Promotions FailTenure Track-Research Track

• Failure to establish a national reputation in
  area of scholarship
• Few or low impact publications
• No evidence of sustainable extramural funding
• Weak letters of endorsement
• Contribution to publications unclear
• Lack of independence
• Lack of focus or theme

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Why Promotions FailClinical Track

• Failure to establish national reputation as a
  practitioner and teacher
• Reputation as a clinician or teacher known only
  institutionally
• Insufficient scholarship
• Weak external letters

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Things to Remember

• Some scholarship is required for all promotions
• Peer-reviewed publications outweigh book
  chapters, case reports
• National reputation as a teacher is difficult
  to establish

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Where Do I Start as a Faculty Member?

• Assume ownership of your career
• Ask for what you need to succeed
• Space, time, development package
• Understand your responsibilities
• Relative time for research, teaching, clinical
  service
• Salary recovery (how much of my salary must I
  cover with clinical service, grants etc what
  will department cover?

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Integrate Yourself into the Department

• Know faculty at all levels and across divisions
• Establish a working relationship with division
  director
• Familiarize yourself with the administration of
  the department

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Integrate Yourself into your Discipline

• Attend national meetings
• Identify colleagues with common interests
• Learn who the leaders are in your area
• Network on a regional and national level

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Define Your Goals

• Understand the promotion criteria and whether
  your goals interests align with them
• Think about immediate goals (1 yr) and long term
  goals (3-5 yrs). Write them down

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Define Your Scholarship

• Develop an independent area of scholarship
• Scholarship should play to your strengths and
  those of the department and institution

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Identify a Mentor

• A mentor should be a senior faculty member who
• Has a common interest/expertise
• Is in a position to advance your career
• Socialization-introduction to discipline
• Has time and willingness to meet with you
• Is a good fit for you
• You may need more than 1 mentor

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Development CoursesInternal

• Becoming Better Teachers (Branch)
• Faculty Development Lecture Series
• Junior Faculty Development Course
• Woodruff Leadership Academy (WLA)

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Development CoursesExternal

• Early and mid Career Course for Women (AAMC)
• Minority Faculty Course (AAMC)
• ELAM (Women Associate Professors and above)
• Harvard course for Physician Leaders

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Bewarethe Deadly Traps of Academia

• It is better to wait for the home run paper
  than to publish less important papers
• Overpreparation can be a killer
• I must help and collaborate with all who approach
  me

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Bewarethe Deadly Traps of Academia

• All behavior of successful senior faculty should
  be emulated
• If I work all the time, I will succeed
• Learn to recognize your limits
• Recognize stress and depression
• Use your support system

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Final Thoughts

• All full professors began as assistant
  professors
• You have a right to succeed!

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Office of Faculty Development
Website www.med.emory.edu Sharon Weiss, M.D.
sharon.weiss_at_emoryhealthcare.org Grady
212 WHSCAB 116 Susan Raven susan.raven_at_emoryheal
thcare.org