Criteria for Appointment to the Clinical Faculty Rank
In addition to conforming to the CHSP’s definition Clinical Faculty in the SAHSW also perform some specialized duties that meet the needs of their respective divisions. These include but are not limited to clinical preceptor training, clinical site recruitment, clinical site evaluation, clinical education assessment, preceptor/site community engagement, budgetary planning, pertinent accreditation-related activities, research, patient care, student mentoring, recruitment, and advising.
Expectations for Clinical Faculty seeking promotion include promoting and advancing the College’s mission. Depending on the individual’s terms of hire and the standards of the academic unit, the performance expectations of Clinical Faculty will encompass each of the following areas as defined within the Clinical Faculty’s contract:
- Teaching that prepares students for professional practice, practicum courses that are associated with a classroom or laboratory component, undergraduate student advising, or graduate research supervision or mentorship;
- Clinical activities may encompass clinical teaching as a preceptor, clinical practice where SAHSW students are assigned, or the administration of clinical education.
- Service includes professional leadership, institutional committee responsibilities, divisional/school/college leadership, and/or service roles that enhance the community and inform the public.
- Scholarship entails the study and dissemination of knowledge that enhances clinical practice or enhances the scholarship of teaching. Research and scholarly activity expectations may vary based on the candidate’s appointment letter. Some Clinical Faculty may not have scholarship expectations.
Clinical Faculty who teach graduate students and/or mentor graduate research must hold a Graduate Faculty Appointment.