The Role of the Department Chair in Faculty Development

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The Role of the Department Chair in Faculty
Development

• May 9, 2007
• Presented by the
• JABSOM Faculty Development Program

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Agenda

• Roles and Responsibilities of
• Department Chairs
• Annual Faculty and Chair Reports
• Promotion and Tenure
• Post-Tenure Review
• Mentoring
• Faculty Orientation
• Other Successor Plan

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Roles and Responsibilities of the Department
Chair in the School of Medicine (November 2003)

• Faculty and Staff
• Entrepreneurship
• Promotion of Teamwork
• Educational and Training Programs
• Research Programs
• Patient Care Programs
• Facilities
• Finances and Budget
• Remuneration of Departmental Personnel
• Planning
• Personal Characteristics
• Academic Performance

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Annual Faculty and Chair Reports

• Online reporting site http//jabsom.hawaii.edu/fa
  cdev
• Annual evaluation of faculty
• Meet with faculty one on one
• Discuss strengths, weaknesses
• Reference for promotion and tenure

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Promotion and Tenure

• Preparation
• Application and review process
• Additional Departmental Criteria
• (refer to sample handout as guide)
• JABSOM Schoolwide Criteria
• Promotion Criteria for Clinical Faculty
• (non-comps)
• AAMC Brief on Evolution of Tenure Policies for
  Clinical Faculty at U.S. Medical Schools
  (handout)

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Post-Tenure Review

• Department expectations
• (Refer to sample handout as guide)

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Faculty Mentoring

• Sample mentoring activities
• Washington State University (handout)

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Faculty Orientation

• UH email address
• Workload assignments
• of effort assigned to each area of teaching,
  research, service, clinical (as applicable)
• Annual faculty reports
• Contract renewal
• Promotion and tenure preparation
• PNF

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Useful Links

• JABSOM Faculty Development Website
• http//jabsom.hawaii.edu/facdev
• UHPA Contract
• http//www.uhpa.org/uhpa-bor-contract
• AAMC Faculty Development and Leadership
• http//www.aamc.org/members/facultydev/start.htm

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AAMC Medical School Mentoring and Leadership
Program Links

• Medical School Based Mentoring Programs
  http//www.aamc.org/members/facultydev/mentoringpr
  ograms.pdf
• Medical School Based Career and Leadership
  Development Programs http//www.aamc.org/members/f
  acultydev/facultyvitae/spring06/programs.pdf

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Questions, Feedback

• Contact
• Dr. Rosanne Harrigan
• Director of Faculty Affairs
• harrigan_at_hawaii.edu
• 692-0909
• Lori Matsuzaki
• Faculty Development Coordinator
• lmatsuza_at_hawaii.edu
• 692-0884