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Clinician-Educator Gateway to Promotion

Career advancement for faculty appointed on the Clinician-Educator career track occurs through demonstrating achievement and earning recognition in two of a possible five domains of specialization: 

  • Clinical impact and recognition
  • Teaching and education
  • Original research
  • Health services management
  • Community engagement
     

Planning Your Journey

Click on your current academic rank to learn how to prepare for your next promotion.
  

Below are resources to help current Instructors navigate their career and plan for promotion to Assistant Professor. There is no deadline by which you must be promoted and no minimum time period you must serve as an Instructor before promotion. The guidance below establishes milestones for those who aspire to obtain promotion in 2-3 years, but is just as useful for those whose journey is a different length.

Key Focus: Produce scholarly work products that include authoring peer-reviewed or other scholarly publications
  

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Below are resources to help current Assistant Professors navigate their career and plan for promotion to Associate Professor. At Feinberg, we expect that faculty hold the rank of Assistant Professor for a minimum of 6 years before promotion to Associate Professor, but there is no deadline by which you must be promoted. The guidance below establishes milestones for those who aspire to obtain promotion by the 6-year mark, but is just as useful for those whose journey is a different length. 

Key Focus: Pursue activities and produce scholarly work products within your two chosen domains that result in regional recognition.
  

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Below are resources to help current Associate Professors navigate their career and plan for promotion to full Professor. At Feinberg, we expect that faculty hold the rank of Associate Professor for a minimum of 5 years before promotion to Professor, but there is no deadline by which you must be promoted. The guidance below establishes milestones for those who aspire to obtain promotion by the 5-year mark, but is just as useful for those whose journey is a different length.

Key Focus: Obtain national recognition based on your activities and scholarly work products in your two chosen domains.
   

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