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 |
