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<td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Promotion and Tenure Committee</div></td> | <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Academic Promotion and Tenure Committee</div></td> | ||
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===A. Introduction=== | ===A. Introduction=== | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">This document provides guiding principles to assist faculty in preparing their documents for advancement in clinical rank promotion (Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor). This is not a tenure leading track. The number of clinical faculty cannot exceed 40% of the total number of faculty. Included are areas of accomplishment that the committee uses in their process of reviewing the faculty documents and forming a recommendation to the Dean. The examples in this document are examples areas of evidence that the faculty will describe to demonstrate their accomplishments in their narratives. The committee anticipates that faculty members may have unique accomplishments to cite in their areas of evidence. </p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">This document provides guiding principles to assist faculty in preparing their documents for advancement in clinical rank promotion (Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor). This is not a tenure leading track. The number of clinical faculty cannot exceed 40% of the total number of faculty. Included are areas of accomplishment that the committee uses in their process of reviewing the faculty documents and forming a recommendation to the Dean. The examples in this document are examples areas of evidence that the faculty will describe to demonstrate their accomplishments in their narratives. The committee anticipates that faculty members may have unique accomplishments to cite in their areas of evidence. </p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Promotion in clinical rank is available for masters or | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Promotion in clinical rank is available for masters or doctoral prepared faculty members holding a Special Appointment. Those with a master’s degree in nursing and limited academic experience will start at the rank of Clinical Instructor; exceptions can be made for those with outstanding experience. The highest rank possible for the masters prepared individual is a Clinical Assistant Professor. The highest rank possible for the doctoral prepared individual is a Clinical Professor. </p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">If an individual has a Health Professions Appointment (HPA) and wishes to seek an appointment for a clinical rank, he/she will need to request a change from a HPA to a Special Appointment. Consideration of transfer between tracks represents a major career decision and is pursued only after serious consideration of the implications of such a change, and careful deliberation between the faculty member and appropriate | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">If an individual has a Health Professions Appointment (HPA) and wishes to seek an appointment for a clinical rank, he/she will need to request a change from a HPA to a Special Appointment. Consideration of transfer between tracks represents a major career decision and is pursued only after serious consideration of the implications of such a change, and careful deliberation between the faculty member and appropriate Assistant Dean. If mutually agreeable, a one-time, one-way transfer is allowed between a HPA and a clinical track appointment.</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The College of Nursing (CON) | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The College of Nursing (CON) P&T committee has developed these guidelines and tables of examples to assist faculty during the preparation of the application. Submission deadlines (section B below) must be met in order to apply for promotion. All CON P&T materials can be found on the website ht<span>tp://</span>mycon.unmc.edu. All applicants must follow Standards and Guidelines for Promotion for Clinical Rank (Appendix A2) and [[CON Promotion for Clinical Rank|policy 4.4.6 (2)]] for the preparation of the documents. Documents that do not follow all of the guidelines <span style="text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold;">will not be reviewed</span>.</p> | ||
===B. CON Academic Promotion Deadline Dates=== | ===B. CON Academic Promotion Deadline Dates=== | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Faculty members will notify P&T | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Faculty members will notify P&T chairman in writing (hard copy or email) of the intent to apply for promotion by '''April 15''' in the year prior to when action regarding promotion will be deliberated. Be specific on exactly what you are seeking; e.g. Clinical Associate Professor. Please indicate your <span style="text-decoration:underline;">level of accomplishments</span> in each of the areas. For example, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Clinical Associate Professor rank</span> must be able to demonstrate a sustained record at Level II for two areas and Level I for one area. For example: My 2 areas for level two are ________ and the area for level one is ________.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Faculty members will complete the '''Contact Information for | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Faculty members will complete the '''Contact Information for External Reviewer Form''' (See Section G) for each potential external reviewer and submit to the P&T committee chair by '''May 15'''. Suggested external reviewers must be outside the University of Nebraska system and cannot be a recent or current collaborator, consultant, mentor or someone with whom the faculty member has another close professional or personal relationship.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The External Reviewer Waiver Form | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The External Reviewer Waiver Form (See Section H) must be signed and submitted along with the Contact Information for External Reviewer Forms to the P&T committee Chair by '''May 15'''.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The P & T Committee will meet to select external reviewers by '''June 15'''. The committee will use the applicant’s list but reserves the right to ask other nationally known experts in the applicant’s field to serve as an external reviewer. The applicant will not be told who the external reviewers are for her/his document. The P&T Committee Chair will contact the selected external reviewers and secure their willingness to serve by '''July 15'''.</li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The P & T Committee will meet to select external reviewers by '''June 15'''. The committee will use the applicant’s list but reserves the right to ask other nationally known experts in the applicant’s field to serve as an external reviewer. The applicant will not be told who the external reviewers are for her/his document. The P&T Committee Chair will contact the selected external reviewers and secure their willingness to serve by '''July 15'''.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Faculty will follow Application Guidelines for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">electronic submission</span> of documents by '''August 15 to the Dean’s office | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Faculty will follow Application Guidelines for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">electronic submission</span> of documents by '''August 15 to the Dean’s office'''. Three written narratives (see Narrative Guidelines) will a) include all relevant and important evidence to support the promotion, b) be consistent with the applicant’s curriculum vitae, and c) be written so individuals outside of the CON understand the significance. Applicants are encouraged to work closely with their Assistant Dean in preparing the narratives and assuring that they are congruent with their curriculum vitae.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">CON faculty members promotion tenure documents accompanied by the | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">CON faculty members promotion tenure documents accompanied by the Assistant Dean’s letter of recommendation must be received in the '''Dean’s office by August 15''' in order for duplicating and mailing of the document to the external reviewers by '''August 30'''. '''All policies and guidelines must be followed or documents will not be reviewed'''.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Letters from the external reviewers will be requested back by '''October 15'''. These will be added to the applicant’s document and the P&T Committee review will be scheduled. The P&T Committee review will be completed by '''January 15''' with recommendations forwarded to the Dean of the College of Nursing by '''February 15'''.</li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Letters from the external reviewers will be requested back by '''October 15'''. These will be added to the applicant’s document and the P&T Committee review will be scheduled. The P&T Committee review will be completed by '''January 15''' with recommendations forwarded to the Dean of the College of Nursing by '''February 15'''.</li> | ||
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===C. | ===C. Areas of Accomplishment === | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px; margin-left:3em;max-width:70em !important;">Clinical faculty contribute to the missions of the College and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). This document describes examples of accomplishments in teaching, scholarly activity | <p style="margin-bottom:15px; margin-left:3em;max-width:70em !important;">Clinical faculty contribute to the missions of the College and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). This document describes examples of accomplishments in teaching, professional service, and scholarly activity that merit clinical track promotion.</p> | ||
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<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Teaching</span> - | <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Teaching</span> - This area focuses on teaching excellence, leadership, interprofessional educational activities, and innovation in the classroom and clinical setting.</li> | ||
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Scholarly Activity</span> - | <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Professional Service</span> - This area focuses on service, clinical practice and policy contributions to the University and professional organizations, health care organizations and community outreach; as well as activities associated with faculty practice endeavors.</li> | ||
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Scholarly Activity</span> - Scholarship in nursing can be defined as those activities that systematically advance the teaching, research, and practice of nursing through rigorous inquiry that 1) is significant to the profession, 2) is creative, 3) can be documented, 4) can be replicated or elaborated, and can be peer reviewed through various methods (AACN, 1999). See http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/position/defining-scholarship for examples of the major areas of scholarship. Scholarly dissemination includes not only peer-reviewed conferences and journals but also non-peer reviewed conferences, meetings, and media. Other forms of dissemination include legislative testimony, policy briefs, and consultations.</li> | |||
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===D. Accomplishments according to clinical rank:=== | ===D. Accomplishments according to clinical rank:=== | ||
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<p style="margin-left:2em;">[[media:UNMC_Transmittal_Form_For_Recommending_Clinical_Promotion.doc|UNMC Transmittal Form for Recommending Clinical Promotion]]</p> | <p style="margin-left:2em;">[[media:UNMC_Transmittal_Form_For_Recommending_Clinical_Promotion.doc|UNMC Transmittal Form for Recommending Clinical Promotion]]</p> | ||
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