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Climbing the Ladder:The Rungs of Academic Promotion at UW SoM
Brad Anawalt, MDChief of Medicine
Professor of MedicineUniversity of Washington
8/31/[email protected]
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Faculty Tracks
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• Regular Faculty• Clinician-teacher• Physician-scientist
• Research Faculty
• Clinical Faculty
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Clinician-Teacher Pathway
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“Predominantly” clinician & teacher• Outstanding clinical skills
• Peer evaluations• Clinical benchmarks? 360°evaluations?
• Scholarship: broad definition• 1-2 per year
• Leadership, citizenship
• Administration = leadership?
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Physician-Scientist Pathway
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Predominantly researcher & scholar• Outstanding research accomplishments
• 2-3 publications/year• First and last-authored publications• Original, peer-reviewed research articles• Impact factor of journal• Grants
• Teaching, clinical
• Mentorship, leadership, citizenship
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Research Track
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Solely researcher & scholar; no teaching• Outstanding research accomplishments
• 2-3 publications/year• First and last-authored publications• Original, peer-reviewed research articles• Impact factor of journal• Grants
• Mentorship
• Leadership, citizenship
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Acting Faculty
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• Annually renewable appointment• ≤ 4 yrs as Acting Instructor• ≤ 4 yrs as Acting Assistant Prof• ≤ 6 yrs Acting Instructor & Asst Prof combined • No independent lab space• PI on grant proposals by permission
Advantages• Promotion clock does not start• “Buy time” for faculty with tenuous salary
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Acting Instructor
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• Board eligible/certified in specialty
• Shows academic potential
• Professionalism
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Asst Professor: qualifications
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• Based on some evidence for potential
• Requires a national search
• Requires ≥ 3 years “solid” salary support
• Strong clinical, teaching, scholarly record
• Professionalism
• Usually a minimum of 5 scholarly works• Quantity and quality matter• Different criteria for C-T & P-S paths
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Case Study #1
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Dr. Brad E Kardia is in his 3rd year of cardiology fellowship and is interested in pursuing academics as a clinician-teacher.
CV: 3 publications; 1 first-authored; 5 abstracts
Excellent teaching evaluationsExcellent clinicianGood citizen
What faculty rank would he be eligible for?What advice would you give Dr. Kardia to improve his chances for promotion?
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Case Study #1
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Dr. Brad E Kardia is in his 3rd year of cardiology fellowship and is interested in pursuing academics as a clinician-teacher.CV: 3 publications; 1 first-authored; 5 abstractsWhat faculty rank would he be eligible for?What advice would you give Dr. Kardia to improve his chances for promotion?
a. Acting instructor; write moreb. Acting instructor; convert abstracts to papersc. Assistant professor; write mored. Assistant professor; convert abstracts to papers
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Case Study #2
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Dr. Brianca Scope is in her 4th year of pulmonary fellowship and is interested in pursuing academics as a physician-scientist.
CV: 8 publications; 4 first-authored; 1 in JAMA (1st author) Excellent reputation as a speaker; 3 excellent teaching evaluationsExcellent clinician -- expertise in lung transplantGood citizen
What faculty rank would she be eligible for?What advice would you give to Dr. Veoli?
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Case Study #2
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Dr. Brianca Scope is interested in pursuing academics as a physician-scientist.CV: 8 publications; 4 first-authored; 1 in JAMA (1st author) Excellent reputation as a speaker; 3 excellent teaching evaluationsWhat faculty rank would she be eligible for?What advice would you give to Dr. Veoli?a. Acting instructor; write moreb. Acting instructor; get more teaching evalsc. Assistant professor; write mored. Assistant professor; keep writing; get more
teaching evals
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Case Study #3
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Dr. Polly Rumatica is in her 2nd year of rheumatology fellowship and is interested in pursuing academics as a clinician-teacher.
CV: no publications; 1 abstract (research)
Excellent teaching evaluations (many)Excellent clinicianGood citizen
What advice would you give Dr. Rumatica to improve her chances for promotion?
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Case Study #3
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Dr. Polly Rumatica is interested in becoming a clinician-teacher.CV: no publications; 1 abstract (research)Excellent teaching evaluations (many)Excellent clinicianGood citizenWhat advice would you give Dr. Rumatica to improve her chances for promotion?a. Acting instructor; write moreb. Acting instructor; write more; get teaching evalsc. Assistant professor; write mored. Assistant professor; write more; ↑ teaching evals
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Case Study #4
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Dr. Rota Vyrus is in her 2nd year of ID fellowship and is interested in pursuing academics as a physician-scientist.
CV: 11 publications; 4 first (1 JCI) -- all from PhDAs a fellow: 1 publication, 2 abstracts (research)
Do her publications as a PhD count for promotion?What advice would you give Dr. Vyrus to improve her chances for promotion?
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Case Study #4
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Dr. Rota Vyrus is interested in a career as a physician-scientist.CV: 11 publications; 4 first (1 JCI) -- all from PhDAs a fellow: 1 publication, 2 abstracts (research)Do her publications as a PhD count for promotion?What advice would you give Dr. Vyrus to improve her chances for promotion?
a. No; write moreb. You bet! Write morec. You bet! Write more; think about a grant
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Case Study #5
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Dr. Earl E. Werk is in his 3rd year as Assistant Professor as a clinician-teacher. He spent 3 years as an acting instructor after completing a 4-year fellowship.CV: 12 publications; none in the last 2 years
When would he be eligible for promotion to Associate Professor?Why does he care?What advice would you give Dr. Werk to improve his chances for promotion?
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Case Study #5
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Dr. Earl E. Werk is in his 3rd year as Assistant Professor as a clinician-teacher. He spent 3 years as an acting instructor after fellowship.CV: 12 publications; none in the last 2 yearsWhen would he be eligible for promotion to Associate Professor? Why does he care?What advice would you give Dr. Werk?
a. In 5th year as Assistant Professor, he must be put up for mandatory promotion. Write 2-3 pubs per year.
b. In 6th year as Assistant Professor, he must be put up for mandatory promotion. Write 4-5 pubs per year.
c. Don’t worry
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Case Study #6
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Dr. Duin Itall is in her first year as Assistant Professor as a physician-scientist. She spent 3 years as an acting instructor after completing a 4-year fellowship.CV: 12 publications; 5 original research (2 1st-authored), 3 review articles, 3 chapters, 1 website contribution; Has just been asked to run journal clubFunding: VA salaryWhen would she be eligible for promotion to Associate Professor?What advice would you give to Dr. Itall?
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Case Study #6
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Dr. Duin Itall is in her first year as Assistant Professor as a physician-scientist. CV: 12 publications; 5 original research (2 1st-authored), 3 review articles, 3 chapters, 1 website contribution; Has been asked to run journal clubWhen would she be eligible for promotion to Associate Professor? Advice for Dr. Itall?You “Brava… and”a. Keep going on track; for promotion year 5-6b. Say “yes” to journal club; on track for
promotion year 5-6c. Say “no” to journal club; focus on research;
on track for promotion year 5-6
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Associate Professor: Promotion
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Based on ACHIEVEMENT
C-T pathway• Regional reputation for clinical,
teaching and/or leadership• Scholarship
• ~ 1-2 scholarly works/year
P-S pathway• Emerging national reputation• Grants (R01 or equivalent)• Scholarship
• ~2-4 publications/year• Several 1st (or last) authored
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Full Professor: Promotion
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National reputation for excellence
C-T pathway• National reputation for clinical,
teaching and/or leadership• Scholarship
P-S pathway• Scientific independence• Grants• National reputation as scientist,
scientific leader
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• Promotion is track-specific, but…• Scholarship is always valued• “Niche” is useful • Citizenship matters, but…• Leadership helps, but…
• The goals are REGIONAL and then NATIONAL reputation
• Fellowship & early faculty years IMPORTANT
Conclusions
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