LEADERSHIP EVALUATION PROCESS
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF DEPARTMENT HEAD
by Associate Deans and Others
Assessment of_____________________________ Department ____________________________________________
Reviewer Name & Title _____________________________________________________________________________
Date________________
For each of the areas of responsibility indicated below, as well as for overall performance,
indicate your assessment of the quality of the individual’s performance over the course of the
nearly completed academic year. The performance ratings include performance quality that has
been:
(N/A) not applicable,
(0) Generally ineffective,
(1) Generally effective,
(2) Often better than effective, and
(3) Exceptional.
Please use the back of the form for explanatory comments, especially when assigning ratings of
(0) or (3). Under each dimension, please give consideration to the performance statements
listed.
General Administrative & Leadership Skills
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Delegates responsibility and authority appropriately; accepts responsibility for actions
taken.
Involves department in decision-making and keeps relevant parties informed about all
essential matters.
Deals expeditiously and effectively with conflicts; listens to suggestions and/or concerns;
follows through on promises.
Produces requested work by the stated deadline and ensures that information is accurate
and thorough.
Exercises sound judgment in travel schedule and professional commitments to ensure
leadership role is not compromised.
Presides over regular meetings with departmental faculty and Division Chiefs.
Ensures administrative activities comply with excellent business practices in keeping with
stated policies and procedures.
Organizes and leads periodic program reviews.
Ensures that the department’s/section’s physical working environment is well maintained
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and functional.
Supervises and coordinates active development efforts (e.g., public relations, alumni
contacts).
Serves as excellent role model for faculty.
Professional & Staff Development & Management
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Anticipates human resource needs and recruits high quality faculty and staff in a timely,
cost-effective manner.
Formally orients, mentors, and supports faculty in career development and promotion.
Administers a faculty assessment program that links reward to performance for all fulltime faculty/physicians.
Meets annually with faculty/physicians on professional growth; ensures all personnel are
adequately trained.
Conducts annual performance appraisals of direct reports; ensures faculty and staff are
evaluated annually in writing.
Financial Management
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Routinely keeps the Department members apprised of fiscal status; effectively manages
spending and accounting records
Manages clinical business for physician faculty, if appropriate.
Allocates fiscal resources wisely to enhance departmental success, in keeping with goals
and strategic plans.
Allocates resources to faculty and programs in a way that facilitates growth and success.
Complies with all fiscal policies and practices of the School and University.
This past fiscal year, the budget of the department came in favorable to budget.
For this fiscal year to date, the budget of the department is favorable to budget.
Ensures that accounts receivable for the department are processed in a timely manner.
Actively involves faculty in setting budget, capital equipment, information systems, and
space priorities.
Understands funds flow in the School and Department. Understands and considers the
impact of department finances and resources within the School and University budget.
Ensures that financial resources are used as intended.
Clinical Facility Leadership
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Ensures appropriate patient care coverage is available at all clinical sites where
departmental faculty provide care.
Clinically active in providing outstanding care to his/her own patient population as well
as patients of other physicians in the section; acts as a role model for department faculty.
Ensures that financial resources designated for VA, ECC, WWC, Grady, and Emory
Hospitals are used as intended.
Promotes highest standards of professionalism and ethics in patient care.
Regularly visits all clinic practice sites and interacts with physicians, students, nurses, and
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other staff.
Facilitates active involvement by physicians in medical billing and compliance training;
champion of compliance.
Promotes timely care of patients to minimize patient wait times.
Works effectively with clinical facility administration to facilitate quality patient service
and promote effective use of resources.
Works collaboratively with Medical Directors to manage clinical services and ensure costeffective medical care.
Selects and appoints effective Division Directors and Service Chiefs.
Works effectively with clinical facility administration, faculty, and staff in risk
management.
Regularly attends clinical facility committee meetings.
Exhibits working knowledge of and adherence to clinical facility accreditation standards.
Economically and efficiently uses clinical/hospital space, equipment, and staffing.
Ensures that faculty relationships with drug and device manufacturers are professional
and do not influence treatment of patients or training of residents and fellows; ensures
avoidance of gifts and inappropriate financial support from vendors.
Citizenship
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Gives highest priority, in both words and actions, to system-wide success over
department success.
Interacts with others in a professional, courteous manner; trustworthy; and actions
emulate his/her language.
Serves as an effective and inspirational ambassador of department in the eyes of
faculty/physicians and staff and of administration.
Actively participates in the governance/committees of School, University, and local,
regional, and national organizations.
Facilitates service by faculty, staff, and students and serves as a role model.
Makes important contributions in the operation and improvement of the department,
School, and clinical facilities.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
Education
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Assures department maintains quality, currency, and accreditation of educational
programs.
Facilitates curriculum review, innovation, and revision for Department’s section of the
curriculum.
Provides resources to support teaching and teacher training.
Provides sufficient Department space for departmental teaching programs.
Ensures that faculty, courses, and/or clinical rotations are evaluated by both students and
peer faculty and implements necessary changes to maintain high quality of curriculum
delivery.
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Contributes to integration of curriculum with other programs and sections; encourages
faculty and students to interact effectively in teams.
Appoints effective course and clinical rotation managers and oversees their performance.
Allocates resources for teaching equipment (computers, powerpoint projectors, screens,
models, etc.).
Ensures that teaching laboratories are well-equipped, efficiently managed, and optimally
used in teaching.
Ensures that students and faculty have sufficient access to internet and library resources
that support their teaching.
Sponsored Research and Grantsmanship
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Encourages and fosters clinical research; ensures faculty compliance with research
policies; ensures cooperation with policies and processes of clinical facilities that allow
clinical research.
Ensures and fosters basic science and laboratory research; helps faculty obtain
equipment, supplies, and research animals as needed.
Fosters and supports faculty in the pursuit of research funding at local, government, and
international levels.
Provides training to young faculty on research conduct.
Fosters publication by faculty.
Encourages and fosters new discovery; ensures disclosures to University of new
technologies and intellectual property for appropriate consideration for protection.
Ensures that conflict of interest policies are followed so that research is not biased due to
funds and gifts to investigators and the department from the biotechnical and drug
industry.
Overall Performance as Department Chair/Section Head
I recommend that this individual be reappointed for another year in this role
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No______
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