PROMOTION AND TENURE: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

1. PROMOTION AND TENURE:THELONG AND WINDING ROAD

2. WHAT ARE THE RANKS?WHAT DO THEY MEAN? • ASSISTANT PROFESSOR • ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR • PROFESSOR • NOT THE “PHILOSOPAUSE”

3. TRACKS • BOYER’S CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOLARSHIP: • INTEGRATION • NEW KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY • APPLICATION • EDUCATION

4. TRACKS • CLINICAL TRACK • NON-TENURE • DIVERSE RANGE OF SCHOLARSHIP • EMPHASIS ON CLINICAL PRACTICE AND ITS MANY ASPECTS

5. RESEARCH TRACK • NON-TENURE • FOCUS ON RESEARCH • NO EXPECTATIONS FOR TEACHING OR SERVICE • MAY BE A STEPPING STONE FOR TRANSFER TO TENURE TRACK

6. TENURE TRACK • FOCUSED ON ORIGINAL PEER REVIEWED SCHOLARSHIP AND NEW KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY • CLINICIAN SCIENTISTS • “BASIC” SCIENTISTS

7. BEFORE PROMOTION • REVIEWS AND REAPPOINTMENTS • ANNUAL REVIEWS • USE TO EVALUATE CAREER AND SET GOALS • KEEP INFORMATION CURRENT IN OSU PRO • REQUIRED FOR PROMOTION!

8. REAPPOINTMENT: CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TRACK • REAPPOINTMENT EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS • FIRST APPOINTMENT IS PROBATIONARY • FULL VOTE OF ELIGIBLE FACULTY TO REAPPOINT • NOT THE SAME AS PROMOTION

9. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TENURE TRACK • APPOINTMENTS ARE PROBATIONARY • WITHOUT CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES PROBATIONARY PERIOD IS 6 YEARS • WITH CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 12 YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD • PROBATIONARY REVIEW PERIODS: • 4, 6, 8, AND 11 YEARS.

10. WHEN DID YOU BEGIN? • APPOINTMENTS START IN JULY OF EACH YEAR • IF YOU START BETWEEN JULY 1 AND LAST DAY OF FEB 2009, IT IS AS IF YOU START IN JULY 2008 • IF YOU START MARCH TO JUNE 30 2009, IT IS AS IF YOU STARTED JULY 2009.

11. TRANSFER OF TRACKS • EVERYONE IS ALLOWED ONE CHANGE OF TRACKS • CHANGE FROM TENURE TO CLINICAL TRACK IS A TRANSFER • GOING FROM CLINICAL OR RESEARCH TRACK TO TENURE TRACK IS EFFECTIVELY A NEW JOB APPOINTMENT

12. PROMOTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES • EDUCATION • SERVICE • SCHOLARSHIP

13. PROMOTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES SCHOLARSHIP EXTENDS BEYOND OSU SGIM: SCHOLARSHIP MUST EXTEND INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN PERMANENCE

14. PROMOTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR REGIONAL OR NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROFESSOR NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

15. CLINICALTRACK • ASSOCIATE: EIGHT TO TEN PUBLICATIONS OR THE EQUIVALENT • PROFESSOR: 10 TO 15 PUBLICATIONS OR THE EQUIVALENT

16. CLINICALTRACK • ONE WAY TO FRAME IS “HOW HAVE I CHANGED THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE? (GUIDELINES FROM UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)

17. TENURETRACK • ASSOCIATE WITHOUT TENURE: 15 PUBLICATIONS • ASSOCIATE WITH TENURE: 20 TO 25 • PROFESSOR: 40 OR MORE

18. TENURETRACK FUNDING? “AN EXPECTATION BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT”?

19. HOW DO I KNOW IT IS TIME TO APPLY FOR PROMOTION? • DISCUSS WITH DIVISION DIRECTOR • DISCUSS WITH VICE CHAIRMAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS • PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE DOES “PRE-REVIEW.” • TENURE TRACK: PENULTIMATE YEAR OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD MUST APPLY FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE

20. APPLICATION PROCESS • YEAR ROUND ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS BY COLLEGE AND OAA • OUR DEPARTMENT HAS ESTABLISHED QUARTERLY FACULTY REVIEW MEETINGS AND ASSOCIATED DEADLINES • PROMOTIONS BECOME ACTIVE IN OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR

21. APPLICATION PROCESS • DOSSIER PREPARATION THROUGH OSU PRO • EXTERNAL LETTERS OF REVIEW • THE BIGGEST BOTTLENECK • EXPERTS WHO ARE NOT FRIENDS, MENTORS, OR COLLABORATORS • 5 TO 8 LETTERS • TWO MAY BE FROM CANDIDATE SUGGESTIONS • DO NOT RECOMMEND BUT EVALUATE THE CANDIDATE

22. APPLICATION PROCESS • DOSSIER IS REVIEWED BY THE PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE WITH TWO MEMBERS WRITING REVIEWS • THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT VOTE OR RECOMMEND • THE COMMITTEE REVIEW, DOSSIER, AND LETTERS ARE REVIEWED AND VOTED ON BY A MEETING OF ALL ELIGIBLE FACULTY • ADVISORY TO THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR

23. APPLICATION PROCESS • AFTER FACULTY VOTE, A LETTER DESCRIBING THE DECISION IS SENT TO THE FACULTY CANDIDATE • TEN DAYS ALLOWED TO WRITE A RESPONSE • IF APPROVED AND SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, GOES FORWARD TO THE COLLEGE COMMITTEE

24. APPLICATION PROCESS • IF APPROVED BY COLLEGE AND DEAN, GOES FORWARD TO THE OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST • FINAL APPROVAL REQUIRED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES • PROMOTION ACTIVE AS OF OCTOBER THE YEAR OF BOARD APPROVAL

25. RANDOMBUTIMPORTANTITEMS • LEAVE • ALLOWED LEAVE FOR ONE YEAR INTERVALS • APPLY FOR EACH YEAR SEPARATELY • TWO YEARS ALLOWED WITH INITIAL APPOINTMENT • MUST REQUEST SUSPENSION OF SERVICE TIME AT TIME OF LEAVE

26. THREE KEYS TO SUCCESS • FIND A GREAT MENTOR • IDENTIFY THAT WHICH YOU WILL BE KNOWN FOR AND WHICH NO ONE ELSE IN YOUR AREA CAN PROVIDE • FOCUS ON YOUR INTERESTS AND PASSIONS

27. THEVICECHAIRFORACADEMICAFFAIRS • GOAL IS TO HELP FACULTY GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO • DEVELOP SUCCESSFUL CAREERS RECOGNIZED BY APPROPRIATE PROMOTION

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29. NEW COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS WEBSITE: http://medicine.osu.edu/FACULTY

30. Promotion & Tenure

31. Faculty System (Tracks)

32. CONTACT INFORMATION • DOIM Vice Chair of Academic Affairs • Philip Binkley MD • Philip.Binkley@osumc.edu 110 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute 473 West 12th Ave Columbus, OH 43210 • Office Contact: Deborah Black • Deborah.Black@osumc.edu • 614-293-8963 200 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute 473 West 12th Ave Columbus, OH 43210

33. CONTACT INFORMATION • DOIM Faculty Affairs Office 395 W. 12th Ave, 3rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43210 • Stephanie Brooks, Administrative Coordinator • Stephanie.brooks@osumc.edu • 614-293-3814 • Lisa Dune, Faculty Affairs Coordinator • Lisa.dune@osumc.edu • 614-293-9222

34. DOIM Human Resources 395 W. 12th Ave., 3rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43210 Pat Tanner, HR Director Pat.tanner@osumc.edu 614-293-4390 Kim Steele, HR Manager Kim.steele@osumc.edu 614-293-8718 Anne Vandall, HR Associate anne.vandall@osumc.edu 614-293-6983 CONTACT INFORMATION

35. CONTACT INFORMATION • College of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs 370 West 9th Avenue, 237 Meiling Hall, Columbus, OH 43210 • Robert Bornstein, PhD. Associate Vice President Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Secretary, College of Medicine • Office Contact: Heather Brod, Manager • Heather.brod@osumc.edu • 614-292-1707 Website: http://medicine.osu.edu/faculty The website features expanded tools for current faculty members, including information on Promotion and Tenure, Policies, Faculty Achievements, and College and University Resources.