CON Standards for Promotion for Clinical Rank: Difference between revisions

Line 132: Line 132:
</table>
</table>
<p style="margin-left:3em;margin-bottom:15px;">The following table identifies '''EXAMPLES''' of accomplishments for the corresponding rank.</p>
<p style="margin-left:3em;margin-bottom:15px;">The following table identifies '''EXAMPLES''' of accomplishments for the corresponding rank.</p>
<table style="max-width:70em !important;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr><td align="center" style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; background-color:#c4bc96;" colspan="4"><strong>TEACHING</strong></td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Instructor</strong></td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Assistant Professor</strong></td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Associate Professor</strong></td><br />
<td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Professor</strong></td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Demonstrates beginning clinical teaching ability (e.g., makes appropriate assignments, clinical conferencing, student evaluations)
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Demonstrates effective and innovative clinical teaching (e.g., clinical simulations, IPE clinical experiences
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Demonstrates sustained effective and innovative clinical teaching (e.g., assists students to design and implement scholarly clinical activities, plan IPE activities)
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Demonstrates sustained excellent and innovative clinical teaching leadership (e.g., chairs a DNP capstone, PhD committee member, leads an IPE initiative)</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Is recognized as an experienced clinician by others such as peers and other professionals
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Is recognized as skilled clinical educator by others such as peers, students and other professionals
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Demonstrates a broad range of advanced skills related to the instructional process and is recognized as an expert in clinical teaching at the state/regional level
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Is recognized as a expert teacher and is valued as a consultant in nursing education and matters of curriculum at the national level</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Guides students to apply critical thinking principles and evidence –based knowledge in the learning situations   
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Utilizes teaching strategies effectively to promote students’ critical thinking and use of evidence-based knowledge for identifying nursing interventions
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Utilizes creative teaching strategies to develop critical thinking and analytical skills by students in evaluating proposed care
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Leads programs or projects for learning, critical thinking, intellectual inquiry and academic achievement by students</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Contributes to development, implementation, and evaluation of student learning experiences
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Demonstrates expertise in use of evaluation data for curricular decision-making
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Provide leadership for curriculum development, evaluation and revision
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Demonstrates leadership in the development, evaluation, revision, and benchmarking of curriculum with other Schools of Nursing.  Involved in national faculty curriculum organizations.</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Develops and/or implements educational materials and/or programs for clinical practice.
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Develops and actively promotes new learning opportunities/sites for students at the local level. 
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Provides leadership in developing collaborative educational projects with agencies at the state and regional level.
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Collaborates on educational opportunities for advancing clinical practice at national/international levels.</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Develops positive relationships with clinical sites.
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Facilitates and develops clinical preceptor and clinical agency relationships.
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Identifies and develops new sites for clinical teaching/practice.
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Apply strategies to engage students in the development and management of interprofessional clinical experiences.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<table style="max-width:70em !important;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%">   
    <tr><td align="center" style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; background-color:#c4bc96;" colspan="4"><strong>PROFESSIONAL SERVICE</strong></td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Instructor</strong></td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Assistant Professor</strong></td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Associate Professor</strong></td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Professor</strong></td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Participates as an engaged member of course groups, divisions and CON activities (e.g., proctors test, participates in admission interviews, leads cross-campus discussions)
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Is a contributing member on CON and UNMC committees and task forces ( volunteers/ accepts ad hoc committee appointments; IPE activities)
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Serves in a leadership position role for CON (e.g.  Chair of Faculty Practice Committee,  CON task forces), UNMC committees, or state/regional professional organization
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Serves in a leadership position at UNMC (e.g., search committees), university level,  or national professional organizations </td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Participates in CON sponsored activities (e.g., recruitment open houses; hosts visiting international students; volunteer at CON Convocation)
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Coordinates CON sponsored clinical activities (e.g. continuing education activities, visiting scholar activities).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Directs UNMC or regional sponsored clinical activities (e.g. TNMC Nursing State –of –the-Art Conference).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Represents the CON,  UNMC, or professional organization, at national/, international clinical meetings/conferences.</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Maintains national certification in clinical specialty/nursing administration.
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Contributes to activities to support professional certification (e.g., content expert, item-writer for the exam).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Serves as a member of committees to review certification criteria (e.g., ANCC External Validation Committee, Standard Setting Panels).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Serves as Member on Advanced Practice National Committees (Committee Member that reviews scope and standards of practice for clinical specialty, ANCC or AANP Certification Board).</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Maintains active membership in professional nursing organizations
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Serves on a committee for a professional nursing organization at the local level (e.g., NNA District, Gamma Pi Chapter STTI).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Holds leadership position in a professional organization at the state or regional level (e.g., Member of Board of Nursing, NNA President)
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Holds leadership position in a professional organization at the national or international level (e.g., ONS, AHA, APNA, STTI).</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Evidences service activities consistent with clinical expertise (e.g., volunteers at community-based clinics and Health Fairs; Disaster-Preparedness Drills)
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Receives recognition for professional service/practice at the Local/state level (March of Dimes Nurse of the Year, NNA, and Clinic with a Heart).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Serves as a member of state/regional panels to  develop or revise clinical practice guidelines or standards of practice/ protocols/ policy at regional level AHA, NNA, AONE).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Provides leadership on national panels to develop or revise clinical practice guidelines or standards of practice (National Organization Legislative, Policy Committees, CDC, WHO).</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Is recognized as a mentor to students and peers
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Actively participates in mentoring of new faculty and students
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Mentors faculty and  students in scholarly activities and professional development at state and regional level
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Mentors faculty to assume new roles at a national level (e.g. committee chairs, guideline development, white papers, and board roles</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Participates in quality  improvement/ evidence-based practice projects
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Implements evidence-based practice projects at the local level (e.g., provides leadership for staff development, such as in-service offerings).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Provides consultation to state/regional organizations to implement EBP projects.
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Provides consultation at the national or international level to implement EBP projects.</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        &nbsp;
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        &nbsp;
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Manages a clinical practice
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Establishes and is accountable for all aspects of a  clinical practice enterprise, (e.g. business plan) </td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />   
<table style="max-width:70em !important;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%">   
    <tr><td align="center" style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; background-color:#c4bc96;" colspan="4"><strong>SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY</strong></td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Instructor</strong></td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Assistant Professor</strong></td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Associate Professor</strong></td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; background-color:#eeece1;" valign="top" width="25%"><strong>Clinical Professor</strong></td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Demonstrates evidence-based practice in clinical teaching and uses/cites evidence in classroom, lab and simulation teaching settings.
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Demonstrates evidence of accomplishment toward building scholarship in a focused clinical practice or clinical teaching area or with a special population.
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Demonstrates outcomes of scholarship in a focused clinical practice, policy, or clinical teaching area or with a special population.
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Demonstrates sustained outcomes of scholarship in a focused clinical practice policy, or clinical teaching area or with a special population.</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Implements educational materials and/or programs for clinical teaching and/or practice using evidence-based sources, clinical guidelines or best practices.
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Disseminates knowledge of clinical practice, policy, or teaching at the local level through publication or presentation (e.g. professional newsletters and practice journals, web-based modalities or CE offering).
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Disseminates knowledge of clinical practice, policy, or teaching at the state/regional level. (e.g. peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed venues)
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Disseminates knowledge of clinical practice, policy, or teaching at the national/ international level through peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed venues.</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Participates in faculty development opportunities related to evidence-based practice and/or nursing research
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Contributes clinical knowledge of teaching, practice, or policy  through consultation to health care professionals /agencies.
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Contributes clinical knowledge of teaching, practice, or policy  through grants that support nursing science, nursing. educational innovations, or nursing practice
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Demonstrates sustained contributions of knowledge of teaching, practice, or policy through  grants that support nursing science, nursing educational innovations, or nursing practice</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        &nbsp;
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Participates in clinical practice or clinical teaching scholarship projects.(e.g. Clinical demonstration projects)
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Works with an interprofessional team, or co-leads clinical teaching scholarship projects and disseminates results
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Demonstrates ability to secure external funding for clinical teaching practice-related and/or student learning projects</td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        &nbsp;
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Provides peer reviews of practice or clinical teaching
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Serves as a reviewer for clinical teaching or practice journals or professional organization abstracts
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Serves on Editorial Boards for clinical teaching or practice journals </td>
</tr>
    <tr>
    <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;border-left:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        &nbsp;
        </td>
      <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Participates in programmatic or special projects assessment and/or evaluation (e.g. QI or EBP)
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">
        Develops integrative literature reviews, policy or programmatic reports, QI or EBP projects
        </td>
        <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px; border-bottom:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Obtains funding for QI and EBP innovations, evaluations projects, and effectiveness studies</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<!-- <p style="margin-bottom:15px; margin-left:15px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Continuous appointment (tenure)</span> - Granting of continuous appointment may or may not occur at the same time as promotion in rank. Continuous appointment is an ongoing commitment for continuation of service between the University and the faculty member. In order to be considered for continuous appointment, a faculty member needs to demonstrate two sustained areas of accomplishment for the academic rank held by the faculty member and sustained in one area at the lower rank.  </p> -->


===E.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Guidelines for Submitting Clinical Track Promotion Document===
===E.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Guidelines for Submitting Clinical Track Promotion Document===