Metrics by Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Teaching and Educational Leadership
This area of excellence is appropriate for candidates who spend a high proportion of their time on educational activities and who view education as their primary academic focus. Evaluations will be for teaching contributions at Harvard and its affiliates or, for initial faculty appointments at HMS/HSDM, at the institution where a candidate for appointment previously held a faculty position. Teaching of HMS/HSDM medical, dental, and graduate students will be particularly noted.
Educational activities are broadly defined as including: didactic teaching of students, residents, clinical fellows, research fellows and peers; research training and mentorship; clinical teaching and mentorship; and, administrative teaching leadership roles. The candidate will be evaluated on both the quantity and quality of their teaching activities, recognition for their roles as educators, and on their scholarship. The candidate must demonstrate scholarship, which may include: publication of original research, reviews, and chapters; educational material in print or other media such as syllabi, curricula, web-based training modules and courses; and/or, educational methods, policy statements, and assessment tools developed.
Teaching and Educational Leadership Metrics
Summary
Evidence of a strong local reputation as an active and highly effective teacher; must demonstrate scholarship related to education and/or an area of clinical expertise.
| Teaching may take the form of: | Examples of Metrics |
|---|---|
| Didactic teaching of students, trainees and peers (e.g., lectures, continuing medical education courses, grand rounds, professional development programs, seminars, tutorials) | Participation in courses and lectures
at Harvard and its affiliates, especially HMS/HSDM courses Learner and/or peer evaluations of teaching Increasing involvement and responsibility over time |
| Research training and mentorship (e.g., mentor for medical student, graduate student, resident, clinical or postdoctoral research fellow or junior faculty projects; service as graduate student thesis advisor or committee member) | Number of individuals trained Publications with trainees Feedback from trainees, if available |
| Clinical teaching and mentorship (e.g., teaching in the clinic or hospital including bedside teaching, teaching in the operating room, preceptor in clinic) | Quantified level of activity Evaluations by students, residents, fellows |
| Administrative
teaching leadership role (e.g., residency or fellowship co-director
or director, course or seminar co-director or director) |
Evaluations and success of course(s)
and or program(s) for which candidate was a leader Participant enrollment in non-required courses for which the candidate was a leader |
| Recognition | Examples of Metrics |
|
Invitations to speak and teach locally about education, including outside
the candidate's department Contributions to local professional educational organizations Funding to conduct educational research, to develop educational materials, methods, assessment tools or programs Service as a peer reviewer for educational journals Selection for participation in limited enrollment training programs for educators Local awards for teaching or mentoring |
| Scholarship | Examples of Metrics | Publication of first author original
research, reviews, and/or chapters* Development and local adoption of educational material in print or other media; may include syllabi, curricula, web-based training modules or courses, and/or technologies (e.g., simulation); may also include development of educational methods, policy statements, and/or assessment tools |
* Since faculty being promoted to Assistant
Professor in this area of excellence may not have yet demonstrated peer-reviewed
scholarship related to education, some of the publications supporting
this promotion may be related to the candidate's area of clinical
expertise or investigation. Please note that promotion in this area
of excellence to all other ranks requires scholarship related to education.
Assistant Professor, Clinical Expertise and Innovation
This area of excellence is appropriate when a specific area of clinical expertise provides the unifying theme for the candidate's academic activities and achievements. The individual is considered a leader in a clinical field. The candidate may have a reputation as an innovator in approaches to diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease, applications of technology to clinical care and/or in developing models of care delivery. The candidate must demonstrate scholarship, which may include chapters and reviews in the area of clinical expertise, guidelines/protocols for patient care, publications evaluating the impact of a clinical innovation and/or other research publications. There should be a strong educational component in the clinical field (reported in Teaching and Education) and the individual may participate in clinical, translational, or basic scientific research related to the clinical field (if research activities are substantial, investigation should be designated as a supporting activity).
Clinical Expertise and Innovation Metrics
Summary
Evidence of a strong local reputation as an expert in a clinical field with a key role in activities that influence practice; must demonstrate scholarship related to the area of clinical expertise; should be teaching in the clinical field.
| Clinical expertise may take the form of: | Examples of Metrics |
|---|---|
| Recognition as a clinical expert | Strong local reputation as a clinical expert, may hold local clinical leadership roles |
| Influencing clinical practice | Key role in the development or local
adoption of innovative approaches to diagnosis, treatment or prevention
of disease, use of technologies and/or models of care delivery. Examples
of activities (many others are possible) include:
Assisting with the creation of a novel interdisciplinary clinical service Key role in development and local implementation of practice guidelines for care or to prevent medical errors Utilizing and disseminating the use of a new surgical procedure |
| Recognition | Examples of Metrics | Invitations to speak locally, and
in many cases regionally, on issues related to area of clinical expertise
Role in local professional organizations related to clinical expertise, including participation as a speaker in courses and program development Invitations to participate locally in the development of guidelines/protocols for quality improvement or management in area of clinical expertise Service as peer reviewer for clinical journals Peer-reviewed funding to support innovations that influence clinical practice locally Local awards for contributions and/or innovation in the area of clinical expertise |
| Scholarship | |
| Publication of first author original
research, reviews and/or chapters related to area of clinical expertise;
may include publication of research that assesses the effectiveness
of innovative approaches to clinical care
Development of guidelines and/or protocols for patient treatment or delivery of care that are adopted locally |
Assistant Professor, Investigation
This area of excellence is appropriate for individuals who spend the majority of their time performing research. Investigation is broadly defined to include basic, translational and clinical research, including epidemiology, outcomes and health services research, and biostatistics as well as research in social sciences, ethics, bioinformatics and health economics, among others. Investigation also includes the development of innovative methods/technologies and/or novel applications of existing methods and technologies. This area of excellence may also be used to recognize the contributions of individuals with research training in diverse fields who bring a unique or critical expertise to the biomedical research team. It includes individuals participating in large collaborative and multicenter research, as well as those conducting research individually or in small groups. The candidate must demonstrate scholarship, which may include first or senior author publications of original research, and/or publications from large multidisciplinary studies on which the candidate was in another authorship position and to which the candidate made documented, significant intellectual contributions.
Investigation Metrics
Summary
Evidence of a strong local reputation for contributions to research with an identified focus or area of expertise; must demonstrate scholarship which may include first author on publications of original research and/or publications from collaborative research to which the candidate has made substantive intellectual contributions; may have funding to conduct research; most will have evidence of teaching and supervision of trainees.
| Investigation | Examples of Metrics |
|---|---|
Defined role in investigative activities
which may include any or all of the following:
Candidate most often has some funding for research activities which may include a career development award, principal investigator role on federal, foundation, investigator-initiated industry, or institutional grant(s); candidate may be funded as a co-investigator with a defined role and substantive intellectual contributions to a collaborative or multicenter study |
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| Recognition | Examples of Metrics | Invitations to speak locally, and
in many cases regionally, about research
Peer-reviewed funding to conduct research Service as an ad hoc reviewer for scientific journals Service on institution research-related committees such as the human subjects committee Role in planning sessions for scientific societies locally, and in many cases regionally Instrumental role in an institutional research core Local and/or regional awards for research and/or innovation Role as an investigator on multiple studies based on specific expertise |
| Scholarship | |
| Publication of original research that contributes new knowledge; most often includes publications on which the candidate is first author; may be in another authorship position on publications of collaborative research to which the candidate has made documented, substantive intellectual contributions |
