1. Strategies for Success in Academia: Perspectives of a Department Chair Joseph A. Barone, Pharm.D., FCCP, Professor and Chair Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

2. Learning Objectives Describe the different academic appointments available to clinician- educators Explain relevant requirements for promotion and tenure Identify strategies to enhance one’s professional academic career

3. Outline Different types of appointments Relevant requirements for promotion Strategies for success –What it means to be faculty –Creating your faculty style –Expectations for success –Faculty development Pitfalls Techniques Summary

4. Types of Appointments Tenure track –Confers tenure –Usually more research intensive –May have “clinical” tenure track Clinical track –Sometimes called non-tenure track –Clinical practice emphasis –Focus of most new hires

5. Types of Appointments Having a clear understanding of the type of track you are looking at is critical. Are there co-funding aspects ? Is soft money involved ?

6. Relevant Requirements Clinical practice Scholarship Teaching –Didactic and experiential Service –To the department, school, university, and profession

7. Relevant Comparisons Clinical practice - quality and impact Scholarship - quality and impact Teaching –Didactic and experiential Quality based on student and peer evaluations Service –To the department, school, university, and profession Measure of impact and national reputation

8. Relevant Comparisons All comparisons are based on all criteria that are up for evaluation. Quality and impact come up a great deal. Comparison to others in the field The dreaded anonymous outside letters

9. Strategies for Success What “faculty” means Your faculty style Expectations for success Faculty development

10. What It Means to Be Faculty A fabulous profession Independence Interdependence Having an impact

11. What It Means to Be Faculty Being aware of your customers –Site –School –Students –Profession

12. Creating Your Faculty Style Your own personality may drive this Identify what is important to you Manage your career effectively It’s not all about you

13. Expectations Internal –What do you want to get out of this? –What will make you happy? External –What do others expect of you? –How will you be assessed? –How will you get promoted ?

14. Faculty Development Always look for ways to improve Take advantage of available programs Learn how to develop others Map out a plan with input/feedback Seek advice Don’t advice shop Don’t take it for granted

15. Faculty Development Strategy Get annual evaluations from the department chair. Do the promotion paperwork every year. Make sure you get the evaluations you need. Read the evaluations you get. Keep CV and Supporting Documentation up to date. Know the process cold.

16. Pitfalls It’s all about me! Overextension Not listening to feedback (be honest about your shortcomings) Getting scared Losing focus Not taking advantage of opportunities Not giving back

17. Mistakes I Made Tried to recreate my residency environment Not creative early enough on the research/scholarship side Overextended on CE early Bad reappointment evaluation Organization hopping Still have trouble balancing competing demands

18. Strategic Techniques Know the evaluation system Save all you stuff Learn how to network Preserve your reputation Use feedback to improve Use emotional intelligence

19. Evaluation System Lack of knowledge about deadlines can be problematic. Academia is great if you understand what you are getting into. Evaluations involve many layers and documentation is key.

20. Networking Need a plan Use your former mentors Use your School’s mentors Map it out in your second-third year

21. Reputation, Feedback, and Emotional Intelligence All these tie-in and create the “good academic citizen”.

22. Summary Being faculty is a wonderful career. Independence is great but needs to be managed. You are part of a larger team that supports and needs you. Balance what you want and what others want of you. Always try to get better since the opportunities are endless.

23. Summary (cont) Things can go wrong, and that’s OK. Use emotional intelligence. Nurture your network. Remember, you’re faculty !!!