Metrics by Associate Professor
Associate 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
Strong regional, and most often national, reputation as a leader in education; must have developed innovative teaching methods, curricula, educational policy or assessment tools or have performed influential research related to education; expertise must be demonstrated through influential scholarship.
In addition to distinguished service as an Assistant Professor:
| 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) | Innovation in classroom teaching methods
or novel application of existing teaching methods with adoption regionally
and, in some cases, nationally
Teaching/lecturing regionally and, most often, nationally about issues related to education |
| 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 and stature of trainees upon
whom the candidate had a major influence; stature may be assessed by
trainee's academic rank, publications, funding and awards
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) | Regional and, in many cases, national
leadership role related to education in a professional society
Evaluation and success of courses for which the candidate was a leader |
| Administrative teaching leadership role (e.g., residency or fellowship director, course or seminar director) | Evaluations and success of course(s)
or program(s) for which candidate was the leader
Participant enrollment in non-required courses for which the candidate was the leader Success of programs developed or innovations to existing programs introduced by the candidate. Measures of success may include increased attraction of highly competitive candidates, enhancement of diversity by increasing the representation of women and minorities |
| Recognition | Examples of Metrics |
| Invitations to speak regionally, and
most often nationally, about education
Leadership role in regional, and most often national, courses related to education Senior local leadership role in education Service on regional, and most often national, committees developing guidelines and policies for education/training programs Service on regional, and most often national, committees evaluating education programs or grant proposals related to education Funding to conduct educational research or to develop educational materials, methods, assessment tools or programs Funding to support mid-career mentoring about education by the candidate Service on editorial boards of educational journals Awards for teaching or mentoring from sources other than the candidate's department/institution | |
| Scholarship | |
| Publication of first and senior author
chapters, reviews, textbooks related to education that are recognized
as authoritative and are widely cited
Development of educational material in print or other media with regional, and in some cases national, adoption; 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 Publication of first and senior author influential original research related to educational methods, assessment and/or policy |
Associate 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
Strong regional, and most often national, reputation as an independent expert who has influenced a clinical field; must have influential scholarship in the area of clinical expertise; should be actively teaching in the clinical field.
In addition to distinguished service as an Assistant Professor:
| Clinical expertise may take the form of: | Examples of Metrics |
|---|---|
| Recognition as a clinical expert | Strong regional, and most often national, recognition as an independent clinical expert as evidenced by regional and/or national leadership roles and reputation related to the clinical field |
| Influencing clinical practice | Development of innovative approaches
to diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease, applications of technologies
and/or models of care delivery that influence care at a regional, and
most often national, level. Examples of activities (many others are
possible) include the development of:
a clinical care model practice guidelines an innovative application of an existing technology |
| Recognition | Examples of Metrics |
| Invitations to speak regionally, and
most often nationally, on issues related to area of clinical expertise
Leadership roles in regional, and most often national, professional organizations related to clinical expertise, including leadership in regional and/or national courses or programs Service on regional, and most often national, committees developing guidelines and policies for management in area of clinical expertise Service on regional, and most often national, committees evaluating programs in area of clinical expertise Membership on editorial boards in area of clinical expertise Peer-reviewed funding to support innovations that influence clinical practice regionally, and most often nationally Regional and/or national awards for contributions and/or innovation in the area of clinical expertise | |
| Scholarship | |
| Publication of first and senior author
original research, chapters, reviews, and/or textbooks related to area
of clinical expertise that are recognized as authoritative and are widely
cited
Development of guidelines and/or protocols for patient treatment or delivery of care that are adopted regionally, and in some cases, nationally Publication of first and senior author manuscripts that demonstrate the impact of the candidate's innovation on quality of care, clinical outcomes, and/or access to care |
Associate 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
National reputation as original, independent investigator and major contributor to the field; may include development of or novel application of methods or technologies that significantly advance biomedical science; must have a record of independent scholarship which may include: first and senior author on high quality publications that have advanced the field, and/or publications from collaborative research that significantly advance biomedical science to which the candidate contributed critical ideas or innovations, having taken the lead on some publications; candidate should have a successful funding record; must have evidence of teaching and supervision of trainees.
In addition to distinguished service as an Assistant Professor:
| Investigation | Examples of Metrics |
|---|---|
| Conducts original research that significantly
advances biomedical science; may include any or all of the following:
Basic research Clinical research and/or laboratory or clinically based translational research which may include studies of disease mechanisms, diagnostic techniques and/or other investigations contributing knowledge that may significantly advance the prevention, diagnosis or management of disease; may have a defined role in building a multidisciplinary team and/or center that conceptualizes novel investigative approaches Quantitative or social science research such as epidemiology, outcomes and health services research, and biostatistics as well as research in social sciences, ethics, bioinformatics and health economics, among others; should have an independent leadership role in design of studies, conduct of studies and/or analysis of study data; for multicenter studies, makes key, original intellectual contributions to critical elements in study design, protocol development, protocol implementation, study conduct, and/or data analysis Development of new methods/technologies and/or novel applications of existing methods/technologies Candidate will most often be principal investigator on federal, investigator-initiated industry, and/or foundation grants; may be site principal investigator of a multicenter study; may be primarily funded as a co-investigator if candidate brings a critical expertise to multiple studies | |
| Recognition | Examples of Metrics |
| Invitations to speak nationally about
research
Principal investigator peer-reviewed funding to conduct research Service on editorial boards of scientific journals or as a consultant to journals in area of expertise Leadership role(s) on institution research-related committees such as the human subjects committee Service on national committees related to research including grant review panels such as NIH study sections, FDA panels, and data and safety monitoring boards for multicenter trials Significant role in planning sessions for scientific societies nationally Leadership role in an institutional research core National awards for research and/or innovation Membership on steering committees, other study committees and/or writing groups of national multicenter studies Invitations to serve as a key investigator on multiple, significant studies based on unique expertise | |
| Scholarship | |
| Publication of first and senior author
high quality, original research that significantly advances the field
Publication of original research from multidisciplinary studies on which the candidate was first or senior author; may be in another authorship position or member of an unnamed authorship group, to which the candidate made documented, key intellectual contributions; should have taken the lead role on some manuscripts from the study Publications of first and senior author original work describing new methods/technologies and/or innovative applications of existing methods/technologies; may be published in journals of the primary discipline (e.g., statistics) or the field in which the expertise is applied (e.g., cardiology) |
