Promotion & Tenure Workshop
Clinician‐Educator Track
Building Your External Reputation
Presenter and Moderator: Byron Cryer, MD
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Office of Women’s Careers
Electronic Promotion & Tenure
http://www.utsouthwestern.net/intranet/education/faculty/electronic‐promotion‐tenure/
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Primary Considerations in Promotion Evaluation
•Focus on the major criteria‐ you need to have:
•Clinician‐ an Excellent Reputation
•Educator‐ Very good contributor to the academic mission
•External reputation
Ask yourself: how are you spending your time?
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Office of Women’s Careers
New Criteria for Promotion to Professor on the Clinician‐Educator Track
 Since 2016, it is now explicitly stated that promotion to
professor requires that the candidate has a sphere of
influence outside the walls of UTSW.
 These can include publications, invitations to speak at
other institutions, leadership activities in regional and
national organizations, or being sought out for
consultation and receiving referrals from the community.
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Office of Women’s Careers
How Do I Build an External Reputation?
Office of Faculty Diversity & Development
Office of Women’s Careers
Promotion & Tenure Workshop
Clinician‐Educator Track:
Building Your External Reputation
Panelists: Keith Argenbright, MD
Adam Brenner, MD
Temple Howell‐Stampley, MD
Office of Faculty Diversity & Development
Office of Women’s Careers
Questions? Office of Faculty Diversity & Development
Office of Women’s Careers
Promotion Quick Guide
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Final Words of Advice
 Begin your strategy for developing your external reputation
today!
 Follow the timeline; make sure you are hitting the key milestones
 Develop sound bites about your expertise
 Keep records of your activities
 Get a mentor or mentors
 Find someone “professionally like you” who has been promoted
and model your activities accordingly
 Remember that everyone with whom you interact is a person
who will potentially comment on your promotion
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Office of Women’s Careers