TENURE TRACKS Faculty in the Tenure Track demonstrate excellence in one or more scholarly medical disciplines, including basic or clinical research, health care improvement science or educational program development, and, if clinically active, typically also possess notable expertise in the care of patients or in the evaluation of diseases and therapy. Active participation in the teaching/training programs of the department or a discipline is required of tenured or tenure eligible faculty, and is an essential component of the education tenure track. Contributions to the service and/or administrative aspects of the department and/or programs, including participation in seminars, departmental conferences, faculty meetings, mentoring, student advising and similar departmental or institutional activities, are also heavily considered in tenure decisions. In any ARPT recommendation, the ability to interact with others in an effective and collegial manner, as judged by faculty colleagues, medical students/residents and institutional leaders, is important. Whereas evaluating accomplishments in research, clinical scholarship, and educational scholarship has traditionally focused on a faculty member's individual achievements (e.g. first and senior authorships, funding as the principal investigator on grant awards, invitations to present at national or international meetings, etc.), it has become increasingly clear that collegiality and interdisciplinary team activities are crucial to the present and future of biomedical science. Therefore, when relevant, a faculty member's contributions to interdisciplinary teamwork will also be given careful consideration. Factors such as originality, creativity, and unique abilities, as judged by colleagues, trainees, and institutional leaders will be considered when making thisevaluation. It is well-recognized that collaboration between academic and community partners can enhance translation of scientific knowledge for clinical and community programs. The efforts of faculty working with community organizations to improve public health will be acknowledged and considered in reappointment, promotion and tenure decisions. Interprofessional collaboration contributes to the advancement of teaching, research, service, and clinical practice. Specifically, interprofessional collaboration efforts occur when two or more professions work together. Our educational structure should model and prepare our students to work as future members of collaborative practice teams. The reappointment, promotion and tenure process will acknowledge interprogrammatic and interprofessional contributions in the areas of teaching, research, service, and clinical practice. For those faculty members who contribute significantly to the research mission, sustainable funding to support salary and research efforts is a primary consideration for tenure track progression. Peer-reviewed grants from federal sources (i.e. NIH, DoD, VA) have traditionally been the primary source of such funding. With the growing profile of team science and the increasing diversity of sources of research funding (i.e. foundations, industrial contracts, clinical trials, philanthropy), the collective funding that a faculty member secures to sustain their salary support and research program from all sources
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