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Clinician Educator-Scholar Track

The Clinician-Educator track emphasizes excellence in patient care, education, and research scholarship.

Description:

Credit: Robert A. Lisak

As described in the Yale Faculty Handbook:

Individuals who achieve excellence as clinicians or healthcare practitioners, and as teachers, and who demonstrate promise in making contributions to scholarship are eligible for appointment in the Clinician Educator-Scholar Track. Faculty in this track must play an integral role in the department’s clinical and teaching programs. They must also participate in the research endeavors of the School and develop a body of scholarship for advancement.

Support for salary and professional activities is expected to come predominantly from the faculty member’s clinical or healthcare practice or salary for educational effort, supplemented as appropriate from research grants or other department funds.

Supplemental information can be found in the YSM Ladder Faculty Track Metrics document.

Assistant Professor

Description:

As described in the Yale Faculty Handbook:

Appointment at this rank may be considered for individuals who hold an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree and who have completed appropriate postdoctoral training. They must show evidence of excellence in clinical practice and must contribute significantly to educational programs. They must also demonstrate a commitment to scholarship and contribute to the research mission of the School.

The initial appointment is usually for, but cannot exceed, three years. Total time in this rank generally does not exceed nine years. There is no entitlement to reappointment. Reappointment requires evidence of excellence as a clinical practitioner, teacher, and promise as a scholar. Non- reappointment requires one year’s written notice, except in the case of one-year appointments or reappointments, which require 60 days’ written notice. Appointments may terminate upon a final determination of revocation or denial of clinical practice privileges or by removal of clinical duties upon notice by the School with an opportunity for the faculty member to respond.

Process:

Terms for this rank are for up to three years.

Appointment to assistant professor in this track does NOT require presentation to a YSM A&P Committee or the BPO.

Appointment to this rank requires:

Reappointment processes, including review requirements, are determined by departments. Once completed, departmental faculty affairs staff should enter reappointments into Workday, preferably by June 1 for new terms beginning July 1.

Associate Professor

Description:

As described in the Yale Faculty Handbook:

Candidates for appointment or promotion to the rank of associate professor in the Clinician Educator-Scholar Track must have an outstanding record of patient care or health care services. Equally important, they must be exemplary teachers and active contributors to the educational mission of the School. They must have an emerging regional reputation in their field and are expected to influence the teaching or practice of medicine in a significant way, including through scholarship.

ppointments are made for terms of up to five years. They may be renewed if clinical productivity, scholarship, and teaching expertise continue and if programmatic needs of the department and School justify renewal. There is no limit to the number of terms a faculty member may serve at this rank, but there is no entitlement to reappointment. Non-reappointment requires one year’s written notice, except in the case of one-year appointments or reappointments, which require 60 days’ written notice. Appointments may terminate upon a final determination of revocation or denial of clinical practice privileges or by removal of clinical duties upon notice by the School with an opportunity for the faculty member to respond.

Process:

Terms for this rank are for up to five years and renewable without limit.

Appointments to this rank requires:

Promotion to this rank requires:

Reappointment processes, including review requirements, are determined by departments. Once completed, departmental faculty affairs staff should upload the CV of the faculty members who are being reappointed to Interfolio. After approval by the BPO, the reappointments should be entered into Workday, preferably no later than June 1 for new terms beginning July 1.

Professor

Description:

As described in the Yale Faculty Handbook:

Candidates for appointment or promotion to the rank of professor in the Clinician Educator-Scholar Track must be national or international leaders in their fields, as evidenced by scholarship that has had a national impact on clinical medicine, public health, or education, as well as by sustained excellence in patient care and teaching. The strength of commitment conferred by appointment to the rank of professor mandates that candidates in this track have attained the same level of achievement in their domains as candidates for professor in the other ladder tracks.

Appointments are made on a continuing basis without term but do not confer tenure. Faculty at this rank must continue to contribute to the clinical, research, and teaching missions of the School. Appointments are contingent upon continued faculty productivity and the capacity to generate financial support, which are reviewed annually by the department. If performance in these categories is deemed unsatisfactory for three years in any five-year period, as determined by the department and the Office of the Dean, the appointment reverts to a non- renewable appointment that expires at the end of two years. Notice that the appointment has changed to a two-year non-renewable term appointment constitutes two years’ notice of termination. Appointments may terminate upon a final determination of revocation or denial of clinical practice privileges or by removal of clinical duties upon notice by the School with an opportunity for the faculty member to respond.

Process:

Appointment to this rank is on a continuing basis, without term.

Appointment to this rank requires:

Promotion to this rank requires:

Continuing appointment at this rank is contingent upon continued productivity and funding, which are reviewed annually by the department. If either is found unsatisfactory for three years in any five-year period, as determined by the department and the office of the dean, the appointment reverts to a term appointment that expires at the end of two additional years and reappointment information becomes relevant.