APGO

Objective/Background: Confusion about the promotions process is a source of stress for faculty, and a deterrent to academic progress. This hands-on interactive session will help educators understand principals of academic promotion, identify specific requirements at their own institutions, and achieve, track, and effectively document activities that “count” towards promotion.  

• Principles of academic promotion for educators (15 minutes)

• Pearls from the panel: considerations for medical educators who wish to be promoted (10 minutes)

• Table exercise: a (poorly prepared) sample CV will be on the table. Each group will be asked to apply sample promotion criteria to decide if the person should be promoted to associate professor on the non-tenure educator track. (15 minutes)

• Tables report out their vote and discuss (10 minutes)

• A better organized and quantified CV will then be provided. The tables will discuss and vote again. (10 minutes)

• Questions and discussion (15 minutes) 

Interactive Component: See agenda, above: half of the session will be hands-on application of specific promotion criteria to an educator’s CV, and table-based discussion.

Take Home Product:

• Checklist of activities to track for promotion

• CV tip sheet

• Annotated version of a poorly-prepared promotion CV

• Sample of well-prepared promotion CV 

• Recommendation of APGO resource, Career Development: Your Journey to Success