Overview
There are three faculty tracks and three faculty pathways:
- Regular track
- Physician/Scientist pathway
- Clinician/Scholar pathway
- Research track
- Clinical track
- Full-time clinical pathway
Within certain guidelines, you are allowed to switch from one track to another, or one pathway to another.
Time restrictions
Pathway switches:
- Assistant professors may switch from clinician/scholar (C/S) pathway to physician/scientist (P/S) pathway at any time
- Assistant professors may switch from physician/scientist to clinician/scholar provided they have not completed 4 years in rank (except by approval from the dean)
Switching tracks:
Regular to FTCF/FTCF to regular
Note: these are considered new appointments and may be proposed at a higher rank. Please review the appointments section of this site for more information.
- Assistant professors may apply for appointment to an open full-time clinical faculty (FTCF) position, provided they have not yet completed 4 academic years as an assistant professor (except by approval from the dean)
- Associate professors or professors may apply for appointment to a FTCF position at any time, in accordance with the process defined for FTCF appointments
- FTCF may apply for appointment to a regular faculty position at any time, in accordance with the process defined for regular faculty appointments
Regular to research/research to regular
Regular and research faculty may switch tracks in accordance with the process defined for regular or research appointments. This generally would require a national search, unless the original position was advertised for either the regular OR research track. Please check with your division to see if this exemption applies.
Promotion consideration:
Associate professors who switch from physician/scientist to clinician/scholar must serve 3 years in the new pathway before they can be considered for promotion.
Approval process
- Pathway switches are reviewed by the department A&P committee and require review and approval by the chair and the dean
- Track switches are reviewed by the department A&P committee and require review and approval by the chair and the dean. These requests also require a full departmental vote.