How a Chair reads and interprets an Academic CV Louis Pangaro, MD Professor and Chair Department of Medicine USU 19 June 2012

Characteristics of CV as a “test” or evaluation tool Reliability (reproducibility) - consistency of format and conventions across faculty and institutions. Validity (is the content what you want to know about) – can infer prior achievement or future productivity Feasibility (ease and efficiency of use) – information flow is clear and easy to review.

Purposes of CV review Formative for professional development: –feedback from me (next steps) –determine, anticipate support needed Summative for admin actions: –Forward looking: predicting the future Hiring Tenure –Looking at the past: recognizing achievement Recommend promotion to CAPT Merit pay increases

chair’s observations  Is there a “rhythm” (doing, planning, dreaming)?  patterns o Education; interruptions o Work is sustained and thematic o series of related activities vs. ad hoc o (abstracts, workshops, papers, grants)  record of achievement o involvement: within institution, in specialty, in scholarly community

“Crazy makers” in CVs Not knowing the reader and purpose of CV – resume vs CV; listing CME – unclear abbreviations “Publications” – no numbering – “in preparation” – not chronologic (I prefer antegrade) – incomplete citations – mixing presentations; “published abstracts”

criteria: what kind of faculty member is this ?  successful (roles, papers, grants, Level II)  reflective and self-correcting  responsive to environment and FB (from chair, colleagues, students, etc)  collaborative (esp. important at USU)  creative (not just following others)