PSOM Faculty Track Table Test 3

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.

Clinical Track

	Clinical Track
	Associated Faculty
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.
Career Track Timeline	N/A The professional careers of the Clinical Faculty are primarily independent of their University affiliations, but may be in University-owned clinical practices
CLINICAL MISSION	Primary Focus
	Expert clinicians
Anticipated Impact in Clinical	Clinical Track faculty will generally have an impact on floor, site-specific, or regional programs and processes of distinction.
Example	Participation in local and regional programs.
EDUCATION MISSION	Clinical Track: Required
	Clinical teaching Annual Qty Req: 50 Credits
Anticipated Impact in Education	Clinical track faculty impact on the education mission will generally include supervision and mentoring of trainees in a clinical setting.
Example	Supervising a clinical research project with a trainee in a formal program
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP MISSION [Funding]	Clinical Track: Optional with Restrictions
	Applied research extending existing observations in a field, leading clinical trials, clinical research, recruitment of clinical trial patients
Anticipated Impact in Research & Scholarship	N/A
Example	Enrolling patients in clinical trials
Reputation at Promotion	For promotion to Associate: Local/regional For promotion to Professor: regional or national

Academic Clinical

	Academic Clinician
	Full Time Faculty
Overall Track Emphasis	Clinical care, quality and safety, and education, including leadership roles in these domains.
Career Track Timeline	Full time faculty track No probationary period Reappointed every three years as Assistant Professor Reappointed every five years as Associate and full Professor
CLINICAL MISSION	Primary Focus
	Expert clinicians Effort exceeds 20% (generally)
Anticipated Impact in Clinical	AC faculty will generally have a significant impact in applying high-quality models of clinical care.
Example	Contribution to the development of innovative approaches to diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease, applications of technologies and/or models of care delivery that influence care locally such as a community-based program, clinical care model, practice guidelines, an innovative application of an existing technology etc.
EDUCATION MISSION	AC Track: Primary Focus
	Clinical teaching (generally) Annual Qty Req: 100 Credits
Anticipated Impact in Education	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.
Example	Teaching in clinical skills programs, professional development programs, and via seminars, tutorials, grand rounds, etc
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP MISSION [Funding]	AC Track: Optional with Restrictions
	Applied research extending existing observations in a field, recruitment of clinical trial patients
Anticipated Impact in Research & Scholarship	N/A
Example	Enrolling patients in clinical trials

Reputation at Promotion	For promotion to Associate: PM community For promotion to Professor: regional or national

Clinical Educator

	Clinician Educator
	Full Time Faculty
Overall Track Emphasis	Clinical duties, conducting or collaborating on clinical/translational research, scholarly activity, and teaching as a clinician or in impactful support of the clinical mission.
Career Track Timeline	Full time faculty track 10-Year Probationary period with mandatory review year Reappointed at years 3 and 6 Reappointed every five years as Associate and full Professor
CLINICAL MISSION	Required
	Expert clinicians, usually within an innovative or specific program/niche Essential clinical administrators with an academic orientation who provide essential contributions to the clinical programs of their departments
Anticipated Impact in Clinical	CE faculty will generally have a significant impact in developing and applying innovations to a variety of clinical and clinically related domains.
Example	Service on committees in area of clinical expertise such as developing guidelines and policies for health equity, clinical management, evaluating clinical programs, etc.
EDUCATION MISSION	CE Track: Required
	Teaching in a variety of domains Annual Qty Req: 100 Credits
Anticipated Impact in Education	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.
Example	Leading or substantive participation in committees related to education policy
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP MISSION [Funding]	CE Track: Required
	Often collaborative research that results in new discoveries/knowledge or extend/advances understanding of knowledge ultimately important to human health/disease Funding not required but may have diverse portfolio of grants/funding inc PI and Co-PI roles
Anticipated Impact in Research & Scholarship	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.
Example	Original peer reviewed papers with identifiable focus as either collaborator or lead author
Reputation at Promotion	For promotion to Associate: national For promotion to Professor: national or international

Tenure

	Tenure
	Full Time Faculty
Overall Track Emphasis	Novel, independent, investigator-driven research that defines a new field or drives an existing field forward.
Career Track Timeline	Full time faculty track 10-Year Probationary period with mandatory review year (physician scientist) 7-Year Probationary period with mandatory review year (basic scientist) Reappointed at years 3 and 6 Reappointed every five years as Associate and full Professor
CLINICAL MISSION	Required
	For Tenure, Physician Scientist, a narrow clinical focus (generally)
Anticipated Impact in Clinical	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.
Example	Invitations to share expertise through invited talks, book chapters, clinical reviews.
EDUCATION MISSION	Tenure Track: Required
	Teaching in the basic sciences (generally) Mentoring and supervising student/trainee research Annual Qty Req: 100 Credits
Anticipated Impact in Education	Tenure track faculty impact on the education mission will generally include significant effort toward mentoring trainees and supervising scholarship at a variety of levels.
Example	Chairing or participating on mentoring committees for trainees
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP MISSION [Funding]	Tenure Track: Primary Focus
	Independent or innovative collaborative research that results in new discoveries/knowledge or extend/advances understanding of knowledge ultimately important to human health/disease* Research effort will be funded by highly competitive peer reviewed government and foundation based awards
Anticipated Impact in Research & Scholarship	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.
Example	Independent or innovative collaborative research that results in new discoveries/knowledge or extend/advances understanding of knowledge
Reputation at Promotion	For promotion to Associate: national For promotion to Professor: international

Research

	Research
	Full Time Faculty
Overall Track Emphasis	Collaborative or independent research with a distinctive, original, expert contribution.
Career Track Timeline	Full time faculty track 10-Year Probationary period with mandatory review year Reappointed at years 3 and 6 Reappointed every five years as Associate and full Professor
CLINICAL MISSION	N/A
	N/A
Anticipated Impact in Clinical	N/A
Example	N/A
EDUCATION MISSION	Research Track: Not Required
	No more than 10% effort may be assigned to faculty on the Research Track
Anticipated Impact in Education	N/A
Example	N/A
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP MISSION [Funding]	Research track: Primary Focus
	Extends existing observations in a field/drives field in new direction Funding often in form of Co-I on extramural grants
Anticipated Impact in Research & Scholarship	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.
Example	Innovative, collaborative research, which develops into independent research, that results in new discoveries/knowledge or extend/advances understanding of knowledge
Reputation at Promotion	For promotion to Associate: national For promotion to Professor: international

*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.