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 |
