The New HMS/HSDM CV: Recognizing the Diversity of Faculty Achievements McLean Hospital May 29, 2009 Maureen T. Connelly, MD, MPH Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

HMS/HSDM CV Why a new CV format? Provide guidelines/instructions for completion Document achievements related to the new criteria for promotion Eliminate sections that resulted in duplicative reporting Allow for documentation of activities at Harvard and elsewhere Offer enhanced tool for preparing the CV

HMS/HSDM CV

Why a new CV format? Provide guidelines/instructions for completion Document achievements related to the new criteria for promotion Eliminate sections that resulted in duplicative reporting Allow for documentation of activities at Harvard and elsewhere Offer enhanced tool for preparing the CV

HMS/HSDM CV Criteria for Promotion at HMS/HSDM

HMS/HSDM CV Criteria for Promotion at HMS/HSDM

HMS/HSDM CV Why a new CV format? Provide guidelines/instructions for completion Document achievements related to the new criteria for promotion Eliminate sections that resulted in duplicative reporting Allow for documentation of activities at Harvard and elsewhere Offer enhanced tool for preparing the CV

HMS/HSDM CV Three sections from prior CV format that captured similar information

HMS/HSDM CV Why a new CV format? Provide guidelines/instructions for completion Document achievements related to the new criteria for promotion Eliminate sections that resulted in duplicative reporting Allow for documentation of activities at Harvard and elsewhere Offer enhanced tool for preparing the CV

HMS/HSDM CV

Why a new CV format? Provide guidelines/instructions for completion Document achievements related to the new criteria for promotion Eliminate sections that result in duplicative reporting Allow for documentation of activities at Harvard and elsewhere Offer enhanced tool for preparing the CV

HMS/HSDM CV When should faculty modify the CV? At the time of promotion if promotion planned after 10/1/08 As requested by the Department, such as for annual career conferences As needed NOTE: HMS does not require that 2009 reappointments submit updated CV format

HMS/HSDM CV What’s new? Grant review activities Clinical Innovations Technological Innovations Education of Patients and Service to Community

HMS/HSDM CV

What’s been modified? Hospital service responsibilities Preparation and contact hours for teaching Sorting of teaching activities Explicit opportunities for disclosure of industry activities/support Separation of peer-reviewed scholarship from other scholarship

HMS/HSDM CV

What has remained the same? Most sections request either the same information or the same information enhanced with additional details (e.g., information on funded projects includes all prior requested information, plus information about funding and the aims of the project) The relative order is unchanged except for - reporting clinical activity later in the CV - locating the narrative at the end

HMS/HSDM CV

What about FIRST? Never required by HMS Used at least in part by <1/3 of the faculty Notoriously difficult to use Antiquated technology Will continue to be available on eCommons Download from NLM useful but requires modification; still can be used Not designed specifically to generate a CV A major motivation for development, linking faculty with colleagues and mentees, now done by the Harvard Catalyst

HMS/HSDM CV

Features of the CV Template

HMS/HSDM CV

Translating my CV from FIRST to the new format Use FIRST to download references from NLM Produce WORD document from FIRST Open CV and new template in two windows For sections that are relatively unchanged, delete template tables and cut and paste from word For sections that are new or substantially modified, populate the new template tables with data from the prior version

HMS/HSDM CV

Assistance with preparing the CV Word outline Can download outline from OFA website, current CV from FIRST, cut and paste into the new template Template with fillable tables Can complete tables as needed; delete tables that are not needed; instructions for MS Word and Mac Department CV Experts/Contacts Office for Faculty Affairs

HMS/HSDM CV Contact Us Current site for CV information: OFA Promotions: