Fixed Track

Decisions regarding promotion of clinical track faculty are not tied to employment of clinical track faculty.

 

Clinical Care - extensive clinical responsibility plus:

  1. Excellent outcomes in clinical care
    • Documentation of clinical care results
    • Quality assurance
  2. Peer-review clinical skills
  3. Innovation in clinical care
    • Development of operation, technique, or equipment
  4. Scholarship in clinical care
    • Publication in journals- reports of series, case reports
  5. Excellence in teaching clinical care
    • Teaching awards
  6. Excellent local reputation
    • Referral based practice
  7. Obtaining funding for clinical program
  8. Development of clinical program
    • New clinic program or development of multidisciplinary care team
  9. Invited presentations
  10. Involvement clinical meetings
    • Presentations, Committee member

Teaching - documentation of extensive teaching responsibility plus

  1. Superior effectiveness as teacher
    • Teaching awards
  2. Innovation as teacher
    • New (to surgical education) method of instruction
  3. Scholarship in teaching
    • Publications
    • Development of educational syllabus
    • Website
  4. External grant for innovative teaching
  5. Leadership role in developing teaching programs
  6. Excellent local reputation as teacher
    • Teaching awards
  7. Evidence of achievements of learners
    • Documentation of trainees in teaching portfolio

Research Fixed Term - documentation of substantial research responsibility plus

  1. Scholarly productivity as co-author or development and publishing techniques
    • Author or co-author on papers
  2. Successful operation of core facility
    • Surveys documenting assistance to learner
  3. External funding
  4. Key role in facilitating research activity
    • Research trainee evaluation of role as facilitator
  5. Local reputation
  6. Major role in regional activities
    • Meetings, symposia

Administration - documentation of substantial administrative role plus:

  1. Evidence of program development
  2. Recognition by peers and learners
  3. Scholarly contributions to administrative discipline
  4. Presentation outside institution about administration
  5. Publication about administrative activities

Community Professional Service - documentation of extensive indigent patient care, local charities, peer review journals, plus

  1. Evidence that CPS makes contribution to the health of community
  2. External funding
    • Document effect on community
  3. Invited presentations
  4. Regional or national committee work
  5. Scholarship related to CPS
    • Publishing results of intervention