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Promotion and Tenure in the School of Medicine

See presentation by Dr. Anish Bhardwash, Vice Provost, Office of Faculty Affairs and Development, Department of Internal Medicine , October 2022
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Toolkit for Successful Promotion

Prioritize CV Hygiene

  • Keep your CV updated with scholarly activities, presentations, creation of enduring scholarly activities, participation in professional societies.
  • Request mentors and colleagues to review personal statements and CV to provide objective perspectives and critiques.

Secure Reference Letter Writers

  • Cultivate relationships with collaborating physicians that refer patients, work with you on scholarly activities, and/or serve with you on professional society committees.
  • Letters must be from physicians at academic health care systems from faculty at or above the rank being sought.

Achieve Regional and National Recognition

  • Participation in state & national medical societies through committee activities (ACP, AMA, specialty societies).
  • Invitation as a presenter at regional & national society meetings, departmental grand rounds, divisional academic meetings, educational seminars, community-based CME/education presentations on topics in which you are the expert.
  • Peer review of abstracts for professional societies, medical journal publications, professional society journal clubs, web-based activities
  • Scholarly activities in peer reviewed medical journals, electronic media, web-based events, enduring educational curriculum for school of medicine
  • Leadership positions in professional medical societies.
  • Participation in clinical research trials.

Important FY2024 Dates

September 8, 2023: Department of Internal Medicine APT Submission deadline
Complete APT binder submitted and all reference letters returned.

October 6, 2023
Fall JSSOM APT Session Meeting. Promotion effective 9/2024

Download printable toolkit file here.

Additional information and resources can be found on the APT website