PSOM Track Comparisons by Domain Area
The purpose of this table is to explicate general comparisons across tracks, and should be reviewed within the context of the PSOM COAP Guidelines, including Appendix A Demonstrating Impact for Promotion.
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OVERALL TRACK EMPHASIS | Clinical professional services, which may include: patient-related activities; leadership roles in the department, hospital or health system; clinical research/trial participation; and education-related activities. | Clinical care, quality and safety, and education, including leadership roles in these domains. | Clinical duties, conducting or collaborating on clinical/translational research, scholarly activity, and teaching as a clinician or in impactful support of the clinical mission. | Novel, independent, investigator-driven research that defines a new field or drives an existing field forward. | Collaborative or independent research with a distinctive, original, expert contribution. |
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CLINICAL MISSION | Primary Focus | Primary Focus | Required | Required | N/A |
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ANTICIPATED IMPACT IN CLINICAL | Clinical Track faculty will generally have an impact on floor, site-specific, or regional programs and processes of distinction. | AC faculty will generally have a significant impact in applying high-quality models of clinical care. | CE faculty will generally have a significant impact in developing and applying innovations to a variety of clinical and clinically related domains. | Tenure Physician Scientist faculty will generally have a significant impact in an area of biomedical research that informs their clinical focus. For Basic Scientists, the clinical domain is N/A. | N/A |
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EDUCATION MISSION | Clinical Track: Required | AC Track: Primary Focus | CE Track: Required | Tenure Track: Required | Research Track: Not Required |
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ANTICIPATED IMPACT IN EDUCATION | Clinical track faculty impact on the education mission will generally include supervision and mentoring of trainees in a clinical setting. | AC track faculty impact on the education mission will generally include participating in innovations in curriculum and teaching methods, developing and potentially leading formal training programs, as well as supervision and mentoring of trainees in a clinical setting. | CE track faculty impact on the education mission, per the diversity of the track, may take a variety of forms, from excellence in teaching courses and mentoring learners to major innovations in academic medicine. | Tenure track faculty impact on the education mission will generally include significant effort toward mentoring trainees and supervising scholarship at a variety of levels. | N/A |
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RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP MISSION [FUNDING] |
Clinical Track: Optional with Restrictions | AC Track: Optional with Restrictions | CE Track: Required | Tenure Track: Primary Focus | Research track: Primary Focus |
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ANTICIPATED IMPACT IN RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP | N/A | N/A | The CE impact on the research mission, per the diversity of the track, may take a variety of forms, with most CE faculty demonstrating continuous scholarly productivity in prestigious peer-reviewed publications for their field. Depending upon field, scholarship media may include chapters, reviews, alternative media. Research impact may also be reflected in invited lectures, patents/commercialization aligned with primary research program, and awards. | Tenure track faculty impact on the research mission is significant, with high-impact original papers that clearly highlight a critical role in advancing the field, and with faculty demonstrating continuous scholarly productivity in prestigious peer-reviewed publications in their fields.** Research impact will also be reflected in grant funding, participation in study sections/editorial boards, invited lectures, patents/commercialization aligned with primary research program, and awards. | Research track faculty impact on the research mission is significant, with leader/collaborator roles in high-impact original papers and record of continuous scholarly productivity. Research impact will also be reflected in grant funding, invited lectures, patents/commercialization aligned with primary research program, and awards. |
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*Any type of research can qualify; e.g., laboratory-based, clinical, public health, community based, bioethics research, or educational research. The branch or type of science (e.g., clinical vs basic research) represented by a faculty member's research program is not related to a specific track. What is important is the role they play in novel work that has a defined impact.
**An upward trajectory of an individual’s achievements and impact is required for each promotion step.