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Academic Promotion for Clinicians

A Practical Guide to Academic Promotion and Tenure in Medical Schools

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Authors:
  1. Anne Walling

    1. Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, USA

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  • Offers a practical guide to the appointment, promotion, and tenure process for clinical faculty members employed by medical schools
  • Provides insights and recommendations on career planning and academic promotion for clinical faculty members
  • Discusses navigating the academic promotion and tenure process

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Academic Promotion Process: A User’s Guide

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Why Is Academic Promotion So Challenging for Clinicians?

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 3-15

    3. Titles, Tracks, and Terminology

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 17-31

    4. What Counts for Academic Promotion?

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 33-41

    5. How the System for Academic Promotion Works

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 43-51

    6. The Participants in the Academic Promotion Process: Roles and Responsibilities

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 53-65

  3. Navigating the Academic Promotion Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Applying for Academic Promotion: Why? When? What?

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 69-81

    3. Strategies for Success: The Long Game

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 83-99

    4. Strategies for Success: Preparing for the Application

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 101-112

    5. Practical Approaches and Pearls to Complete a Successful Application

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 113-123

    6. Outcomes, Reflection, and Next Steps

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 125-132

    7. Academic Promotion for Special Groups of Faculty

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 133-142

    8. The Future of Academic Promotion for Clinicians

      • Anne Walling
      Pages 143-160

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 161-174
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About this book

This book is a practical guide to the appointment, promotion, and tenure (APT) process for clinical faculty members employed by medical schools. The number of clinical faculty members in US medical schools has increased exponentially in the last two decades. At the same time, faculty career tracks and promotion requirements have changed dramatically and medical schools have introduced multiple non-tenure career tracks. Currently, only about 25% of the approximately 150,000 members of clinical departments. 


This book provides insights and recommendations on career planning and academic promotion for clinical faculty members. It also addresses much of the “mythology” surrounding the APT process and demonstrates how academic promotion should be used as a career-building process rather than a daunting high-risk event. Topics include concepts and processes within academic promotion; navigating the academic promotion and tenure process; and managing the outcome of the APT application. Academic Promotion for Clinicians is a valuable resource for clinical medicine faculty members as they engage in and successfully handle the challenges in the APT process and thus realize their career goals.


Reviews

“This book is well written and full of detailed advice supported by experience. Anyone planning a career in academic medicine and many of those already in the middle of their academic career will find this book an invaluable resource.” (Holly Salzman, Family Medicine, Vol 52 (1), 2020)

“The purpose is to provide guidance for clinician-educators and their advisors, and describe dilemmas inherent to academic promotions in this changing healthcare environment. … I highly recommend this book for those entrusted with granting academic promotions, for academic leaders concerned with updating promotions criteria, and, especially, for academic clinicians and their advisors trying to navigate a confusing but potentially gratifying process.” (Marjorie Greenfield, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2018)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, USA

    Anne Walling

About the author

Anne Walling, MB, ChB

Professor Emerita

Faculty Affairs and Professional Development

University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita

Wichita, KS, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Academic Promotion for Clinicians

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide to Academic Promotion and Tenure in Medical Schools

  • Authors: Anne Walling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68975-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68974-6Published: 23 November 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68975-3Published: 10 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, Medical Education

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