Proposed Revisions for UCSD Policies and Procedures for Faculty AppointmentAdvancement

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Proposed Revisions for UCSD Policies and
Procedures for Faculty Appointment/Advancement

• SOM Academic Affairs Meeting
• April 4, 2007

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PPM 230-20 (Appointment) and PPM 230-28
(Advancement) of Academic Personnel

• UCSD campus-wide effort to update policies to
  reduce inconsistencies and align policies with
  current practice
• Draft PPM 230-20 with proposed changes released
  for review campus-wide and by Academic Senate
• Proposed changes to PPM 230-28 still under
  discussion by campus Academic Personnel
• Final approval by SVC Academic Affairs after
  review by Academic Senate

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Key Proposed Changes

• Salaried Clinical Faculty (PPM 230-20 28)
• Scholarly/creative activity requirement
• Assistant Professors (PPM 230-28)
• One Appraisal (4 years)
• Promotion assessment by 6th year
• Approval required to postpone
• Promotion whenever ready not acceleration

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Scholarly/Creative ActivityBackground

• UC Medical Schools have varying policies
  regarding scholarly/creative activity requirement
  in salaried clinical series
• All (UCLA, UCSF, UCD)
• None (UCI, UCSD)
• UCD proposed perform or facilitate scholarship
  (full-time clinicians)

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Scholarly/Creative Activity for Clinical
FacultyBackground/Rationale

• SOM and SOMCAP concerns
• Fairness of academic review with different
  departmental requirements (current practices not
  c/w policy)
• Review criteria based solely on clinical/teaching
  do not reflect varied job descriptions
• Is there a minimum required clinical effort to be
  eligible for this series (e.g., 50)?
• How to review clinical faculty with less than
  full-time clinical/teaching effort?
• Difficult to justify/evaluate acceleration

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Scholarly/Creative Activity - 2006

• Discussions SOMCAP, Exec Committee, Faculty
  Council
• HSEC (chairs) unanimously supports some
  requirement
• Concerns
• Fairness of review if required only in some
  departments
• Inappropriate burden for full-time clinicians
• Will expectations change over time?
• Miscommunication (research) will alienate
  clinical faculty
• Blur distinction with Clinical X series
• Positives
• Increased stature/respect for clinical faculty
  (avoid 2 classes)
• Most salaried clinical faculty already meet
  proposed criteria
• Improve recruitment and retention of clinicians
  in University
• Decided that official PPM revision needed
• Specific criteria for reviewers to apply
  equitably
• Clarify distinction between Clinical X and
  Salaried Clinical

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Scholarly/Creative Activity - 2007

• HS Faculty Council developed plan to disseminate,
  review, and discuss proposed policy
• HSFC, BOG, SOMCAP, AOCS, Departments, General
• Faculty meeting (2/15) and forums (2/20
  2/21)
• Feedback to Academic Personnel
• Review by Academic Senate
• Final approval by SVC

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Appointment of Academic PersonnelPPM 230-20

• Proposed revisions released for comment 12/6/06
  (through 3/15/07)
• http//academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/offices/apo/P
  PMUnderReview.htm
• Supplements I (Clinical X) and II (Health
  Sciences Clinical) provide guidelines for these
  series
• Updated policy attempts to clarify and
  distinguish requirements for salaried (Health
  Sciences) Clinical and Clinical X series

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PPM 230-20 (Supplement I - Clinical X)

• Demonstrated excellence in clinical and teaching
  within and outside UCSD
• Key review criteria
• Documented scholarship in area of expertise
• Impact beyond UCSD
• Usually appointed at Associate level and above
• Well established scholarship and career path
• Full-time only

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PPM 230-20 (Suppl II - Salaried Clinical)

• Primary role patient care and clinical teaching
• Not escape or contingency series for faculty who
  dont succeed in other series
• May be less than full-time
• Same review categories but weighted differently
  (clinical, teaching, scholarly/creative, service)
• Specific examples for scholarly/creative
  activity, broadly defined

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Scholarly/Creative Activity(HS Clinical)

• Some evidence of scholarly or creative activity
  appropriate to the clinical discipline, as
  determined by the individual department
• Scholarly Activities e.g., participation in
  collaborative research, publications in medical
  literature (case reports, book chapters, reviews,
  letters to the editor,), published lay articles
  (e.g., newsletters, newspapers, magazines),
  presentations at scholarly meetings or continuing
  education courses
• Creative Accomplishments e.g., innovative
  clinical procedures and teaching methods, new
  courses, clinical guidelines, instructional
  materials for teaching patients

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Clinical X vs. (HS) Salaried Clinical
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Scholarly/Creative Activity for Clinical
FacultySummary

• General support for some requirement
• Broad definition to recognize academic activities
  of most clinical faculty
• Updated policy should be specific with examples
  to inform future reviewers
• Clear distinction from Clinical X
• Clinical faculty should be reviewed based on
  actual job descriptions