Plastic Surgery

Tenure Track Guidelines

Fixed Track Guidelines

TENURE-TRACK GUIDELINES- These are only guidelines, not requirements. They represent suggested targets of academic accomplishment if a faculty member wishes to pursue promotion with tenure. Achievement of these targets does not guarantee tenure, and not achieving them does not mean tenure will not be granted. Excellence in all three categories is not mandatory for promotion/tenure, and the guidelines are suggested for a single focus of excellence.

Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor Promotion

Year	Clinical Care	Research	Education	Professional Organizations
1	Evaluate local expertise Develop database Enlist collaborators Create & deliver presentations	Identify mentor Work in mentor’s lab Obtain local grants Become part of existing collaborative groups	Identify student Identify collaborators with similar interests Assess existing program and your contribution	AAS Womack NC Chapter ACS AMA American Society of Plastic Surgeons Plastic Surgery Research Council
2	Examine data Submit abstract Present data nationally Increase clinical experience	Gather prelim data Submit K-award Present data nationally	Develop novel educational methods Test methods and collect data	ASPS-Full Member American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association American Burn Association
3	Publish data on pre-existing care Identify deficiencies Streamline care to correct deficiencies Develop or participate in new treatment strategies Collect data Develop multidisciplinary clinic & conference	Publish data Present on topic Write review paper	Present new methods and data Publish data Expand methods to other learners	ACS Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
4	Devised clinical pathway Write review paper on topic of interest Incorporate new treatments into educational programs Develop infrastructure	Publish data Plan & write R01 grant Look for alternative funding sources Strengthen relationship with existing collaborators and groups	Write grant to fund further investigation of methods Develop program that benefits learners outside your discipline	American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery American Association for Hand Surgery American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
5	Publish new data Invited talks National panels Evaluate program	Look for outside collaborators Submit R01	Publish data with new intervention Invited national presentations	SUS Surgical Biology Club Southern Surgical Association AAST American Society of the Surgery of the Hand
6	Participate national committees Publish data	Obtain independent funding	Participate in national committees
7	Recognized national leader	Recognized national leader	Recognized national leader	American Association of Plastic Surgery

Tenure-Track: Associate Professor to Professor Promotion

Year	Clinical Care	Research	Education	Professional Organizations
1	Publish novel treatments National spokesperson	Second R01 grant National authority	Nationally recognized program that attracts learners	Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
2	Flagship institutional program Funding for program	Publish regularly Present regularly	Publish regularly Present regularly	American Surgical Association
3	International authority Invited speaker internationally	Program project or training grant	Leader in national educational organization
4	National leadership in society	Leadership position national societies	International reputation
5	International authority	International authority	International authority

Fixed Track: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor Promotion

Year	Clinical Care	Research	Education	Administration	Community Outreach	Professional Organizations
1	Develop database Assess quality	Develop technique or service	Develop new teaching method	Identify Admin gap	Identify Comm. Deficiency	AAS Womack NC Chapter ACS AMA American Society of Plastic Surgeons Plastic Surgery Research Council
2	Implement changes Publish interesting findings	Develop program that provides institutional service	Disperse method in Department	Institute Program to address Deficiency	Develop program	ASPS-Full Member American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association American Burn Association
3	Reassess quality Increase referral base Attract learners	Improve or perfect technique	Assess effectiveness	Monitor program	Institute and monitor program	ACS Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
4	Obtain funding to enhance program Multidisciplinary Program	Publish findings Present findings	Present new method Publish findings	Reassess and present & publish findings	Assess program & present and publish findings	American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery American Association for Hand Surgery American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
5	Invited speaker	Invited speaker	Institutional instructional programs	Disperse program in institution	Adapt program to other comm. health initiatives	SUS Surgical Biology Club Southern Surgical Association AAST American Society of the Surgery of the Hand
6	Involvement clinical society	Research societies	Educational societies	Admin societies	Develop widespread comm. Awareness
7	Institutional leader	Integral institutional researcher	Recognized institutional educator	Institutional Admin leader	Liaison between comm. and institution	American Association of Plastic Surgery

Fixed Track: Associate Professor to Professor Promotion

Year	Clinical Care	Research	Education	Administration	Community Outreach	Professional Organizations
1	Reassess program	Refine program	Reassess program	Reassess program	Reassess program	Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
2	Recruit faculty & trainees	Reassess program	New innovations	Can program be adapted to other areas?	Identify other comm. Needs	American Surgical Association
3	Promote junior faculty	Train junior researchers	Train junior educators	Train others	Train laypersons to admin program
4	Continue national involvement	National involvement	National involvement	National involvement	National involvement
5	Regional or national expert	Regional or national expert	Regional or national expert	Regional or national expert	Regional or national expert