Tenure-Track Years 7-9 Physician Scientists
Primary Focus: Building a national reputation
As is the case for all faculty, when physician-scientists come up for review, letters will serve as an important gauge of their recognition by the larger scholarly community. In fact, it is hard to overstate the importance of theses letters. To increase the odds of receiving strong letters, faculty should focus on building a national reputation. Mentors can help them by using any of the techniques listed in the box below:
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Letters from extramural consultants will be extremely important when mentees come up for review. Mentors can help mentees cultivate potential letter-writers by bringing the following opportunities to obtain “face time” with extramural scholars to mentees’ attention.
Be on the alert for the following opportunities:
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As faculty approach their mandatory review year, mentors should encourage them to start assembling their dossiers. For guidance in this area, they may want to direct faculty to Preparing Your Promotion Dossier:A Step-by-Step Guide Guidebook
Includes the following materials with dos & donts, and how-tos:
Please send suggestions for future editions of the guide to Mary Blitzer Field, M.Phil., Associate Director, Advance faculty professional development program, fieldm@mail.med.upenn.edu