Duke University Medical Center Department of Pathology

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Duke University Medical CenterDepartment of
Pathology

• PDAS Mount Tremblant 2004

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INCENTIVES FORRESEARCH FACULTY
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TWO ISSUES

• NATURE OF INCENTIVE
• Financial
• Non-financial
• HOW TO MEASURE

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BASIC PREMISE

• Each faculty member is ultimately responsible for
  funding of his/her activity/program within 3-5
  year timeframe, to include
• Salary and benefits for faculty member and all
  personnel working to support them and their
  programs
• Direct costs related to their programs
• Contribution to indirect costs

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Must establish accounting mechanism to capture
and allocate costs by faculty member and program
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PRODUCTIVITY CRITERIA

• Teaching is a given
• Research funding
• (substantially funded within 5 years,
• and renewed)
• Publications
• National Recognition
• Other

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MEASUREMENTFocus onSustained Research Funding

• If the faculty publishes, gains national
  recognition and is focused on his/her academic
  career, then sustained funding will be
  forthcoming.

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MENTORING

• Annual reviews
• Communication
• APT oversight and input
• Focus