Appendix 8: Track Criteria

Educator track

EDUCATOR TRACK Basic Sciences	Lecturer (or instructor) to Assistant Professor	Assistant to Associate Professor	Associate Professor to Professor
Education Requirement: Candidate possesses appropriate qualification or equivalent in an appropriate field of study.	MD with MSc, MPH, MBA, PhD or equivalent, or MD board certification Or PhD	No additional requirements	No additional requirements
Experience Requirements: Meet’s minimum number of years at present rank.	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years
Professional development
Attendance at scientific conference	1/year	1/year	1/year
International conference presentation (poster, oral presentation, or workshop) must be in attendance at conference†	1/year	Average 2 per 3 years	Average 3 per 5 years
Evidence of scholarly approach to Education #	Required	Required	Required
Completion of Certificate in Research (from Faculty Research Institute)	Required	Required	Required
Educational Content delivery
Delivery of new lectures (lectures not previously delivered) to students in the 4-year MD program at SOM	20 lectures per 1 year	15 lectures (in current role)	5 lectures (in current role)
Creation of new video-based or interactive academic resources, or other substantive production of learning resource materials	10	10 (in current role)	5 (in current role)
Evidence of substantive input to learning objectives (as per Bloom's revised taxonomy)	20 lectures worth	15 lectures worth (in current role)	5 lectures worth (in current role)
Book chapters, including online, question-review books, etc. ‡	-	1	2
Provision of student themed office hours	3	12 (4/year average)	30 (6/year average)
Average student evaluations (SOM Courses)	4.5	4.5	4.5
Assessments
Writing IMCQ session Questions (New)	60	120	240
Writing Practice Questions (New)	20	30	50
Desired Writing Examination questions (including OCEX, OSPEs, OSCEs, Lab exams	100	200	400
Leadership and Management
Academic Leadership - Curriculum
Course Director	Desirable	Required 1 of the listed activities for a minimum of 1 year	Course director (when content manager was not an option) or content manager for a minimum of 1 year
Content manager
Module Coordinator
ITI coordinator
Clinical tutor coordinator
Professionalism
Interaction with departmental and other colleagues	2 letters of recommendation (minimum 1 at higher rank than applicant)	3 letters of recommendation (minimum 2 at higher rank than applicant)	5 letters of recommendation (minimum 2 at higher rank than applicant and 1 from administrative level e.g. Assistant or Associate Dean) 2 from outside institution at your discipline
Holds student focused and open office hours; responds to direct student emails and those sent via course or discipline emails	Required	Required	Required
Faculty mentoring (junior colleagues, new Clinical instructors, etc.)	-	1 in lower rank	1 in lower rank
Service to the University Community
Appointed member of administrative committee, e.g., scheduling, curriculum, assessments working group, strategic planning committee	Desirable	1	1
Voluntary or elected committee member (e.g., senate committees)	Desirable	1	1
Research activity
Publications in peer-reviewed, non-predatory journals as a first authors or last author (must be corresponding) *	1 Must be first author	6 First or last author (as corresponding) Or 18 as middle author or a combination	9 First or last author (as corresponding) Or 27 as middle author or a combination
Book chapters, contribution to books ‡	-	1	2
Association Membership	1	1	2
Association Committees	-	Desirable	1
Additional (no minimum associated)
Patents	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Standard Operating Procedures, Technical manuals	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Student mentoring (other than office hours, e.g., as member of AADS, AEP program)	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable

Footnote: † (local conferences, e.g., Grenada Research day do not count; must be at a conference with an international organization or association with international membership) Must be present physically or virtually. ‡ Books and book chapters must be related to a relevant academic field and published by a recognized academic publisher with a peer review editorial process. Self published works are not considered to qualify for this criterion. * First author is listed as first or joint first author, last author is listed last and must be corresponding author, 3-non first author papers is equal to 1 first/last author papers. # participation in Diploma, certificate and/or courses in medical education, equating to 1 credit worth (16 hours) or more Educational CME also considered

EDUCATOR TRACK clinical	Lecturer (or instructor) to Assistant Professor	Assistant to Associate Professor	Associate Professor to Professor
Education Requirement: Candidate possesses appropriate qualification or equivalent in an appropriate field of study.	MD with MSc, MPH, MBA, PhD or equivalent, or MD board certification	No additional requirements	No additional requirements
Experience Requirements: Meet’s minimum number of years at present rank.	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years
Professional development
Attendance at scientific conference	1/year	1/year	1/year
International conference presentation (poster, oral presentation, or workshop) must be in attendance at conference†	1/year	Average 2 per 3 years	Average 3 per 5 years
Evidence of scholarly approach to Education #	Required	Required	Required
(Clinical Educator) CMEs	1	3	5
Completion of Certificate in Research (from Faculty Research Institute)	Required	Required	Required
Educational Content delivery
Delivery of new lectures (lectures not previously delivered) to students in the 4-year MD program at SOM	20 lectures per 1 year	15 lectures (in current role)	5 lectures (in current role)
Creation of new video-based or interactive academic resources, or other substantive production of learning resource materials	10	10 (in current role)	5 (in current role)
Evidence of substantive input to learning objectives (as per Bloom's revised taxonomy)	20 lectures worth	15 lectures worth (in current role)	5 lectures worth (in current role)
Book chapters, including online, question-review books, etc. ‡	-	1	2
Provision of student themed office hours	3	12 (4/year average)	30 (6/year average)
Average student evaluations (SOM Courses)	4.5	4.5	4.5
Assessments
Writing IMCQ session Questions (New)	60	120	240
Writing Practice Questions (New)	20	30	50
Desired Writing Examination questions (including OCEX, OSPEs, OSCEs, Lab exams	100	200	400
Leadership and Management
Academic Leadership - Curriculum
Course Director	Desirable	Required 1 of the listed activities for a minimum of 1 year	Course director (when content manager was not an option) or content manager for a minimum of 1 year
Content manager
Module Coordinator
ITI coordinator
Clinical tutor coordinator
Professionalism
Interaction with departmental and other colleagues	2 letters of recommendation (minimum 1 at higher rank than applicant)	3 letters of recommendation (minimum 2 at higher rank than applicant)	5 letters of recommendation (minimum 2 at higher rank than applicant and 1 from administrative level e.g. Assistant or Associate Dean) 2 from outside institution at your discipline
Holds student focused and open office hours; responds to direct student emails and those sent via course or discipline emails	Required	Required	Required
Faculty mentoring (junior colleagues, new Clinical instructors, etc.)	-	1 in lower rank	1 in lower rank
Service to the University Community
Appointed member of administrative committee, e.g., scheduling, curriculum, assessments working group, strategic planning committee	Desirable	1	1
Voluntary or elected committee member (e.g., senate committees)	Desirable	1	1
Research activity
Publications in peer-reviewed, non-predatory journals as a first authors or last author (must be corresponding) *	1 Must be first author	6 First or last author (as corresponding) Or 18 as middle author or a combination	9 First or last author (as corresponding) Or 27 as middle author or a combination
Book chapters, contribution to books ‡	-	1	2
Association Membership	1	1	2
Association Committees	-	Desirable	1
Additional (no minimum associated)
Patents	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Standard Operating Procedures, Technical manuals	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Student mentoring (other than office hours, e.g., as member of AADS, AEP program)	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable

Clinician TRACK

Clinician TRACK (SGU clinical faculty in US or UK hospital and Grenada General)	Instructor to Assistant Professor	Assistant to Associate Professor	Associate Prof to Professor
Education Requirement: Candidate possesses appropriate qualification or equivalent in an appropriate field of study	MD with MSc, MPH, MBA, PhD or equivalent	No additional requirements	No additional requirements
Experience Requirements: Meet’s minimum number of years at present rank.	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years
Professional development
Attendance at scientific conference	1/year	1/year	1/year
International conference presentation (poster, oral presentation, or workshop) must be in attendance at conference†	1/year	2/year	3/year
Board certification or UK equivalent (e.g., MRCP)	Must be board-eligible or certified Royal College membership eligible	Required and current RCP membership or fellowship (or equivalent)	Required and current RCP fellowship or Certificate of specialty training (CCT)
General Medical Council or GMDC (Grenada) certified	Required and current	Required and current	Required and current
CME	100hrs/year	100hrs/year	100hrs/year
Educational Content delivery
Clinically relevant didactic sessions	8/year	24/3years	40/5years
Book chapters, including online, question-review books, etc. ‡	-	1	2
Teaching in context of patient-care environments, including ward rounds	>30hrs	>60hrs	>60hrs
Participation in student rounds, seminar presentations, journal clubs, etc.	Desirable	Required	Required
Positive feedback/comments in end of specialty evaluations	Desirable	Required	Required
Assessments
Contribution to observational assessment of students	Required	Required	Required
Leadership and Management
Academic Leadership - Curriculum
Preceptor	Desirable	Required 1 of the listed activities for a minimum of 1 year	Required 2 of the listed for a minimum of 1 year
Clerkship director
Director of Medical Education
Dean (assistant/associate)
Course director (or equivalent oversight of clinical programs)
Professional service
Interaction with departmental and other colleagues	2 letters of recommendation (minimum 1 at higher rank than applicant)	3 letters of recommendation (minimum 2 at higher rank than applicant)	5 letters of recommendation (minimum 2 at higher rank than applicant and 1 from administrative level e.g. Assistant or Associate Dean) 2 from outside institution at your specialty
Faculty mentoring (junior colleagues, new Clinical instructors, etc.)	-	1 in lower rank	1 in lower rank
Ongoing commitment to clinical excellence	Attendance all semi-annual faculty meetings as invited, and additional SGU faculty development series	Attendance all semi-annual faculty meetings as invited, and additional SGU faculty development series, and it is desired to contribute/participate in its creation	Attendance all semi-annual faculty meetings as invited, and, direction of new material for the SGU faculty development series
Participant on Departmental, hospital or community committees as a member, or chair	Desirable	Required; Department committee	Required; Department chair of committee, member of community committee Desired; Hospital chair of committee
Participation in development of Hospital/Clinic clinical guidelines	-	Desired	Required
Commitment to participation in activities (e.g. committees) supporting provision of clinical services	Required	Required	Required
Service to the University Community
Appointed member of administrative committee, e.g., scheduling, curriculum, assessments working group, strategic planning committee	Desirable	1	2
Committees or groups related to clinical service or research e.g. Institutional Review Boards/Human subjects Committee/Ethics Review Committee	Desirable	Required	Required
Voluntary or elected committee member (e.g., senate committees)	Desirable	Required	Required
Research activity
Publications in peer-reviewed, non-predatory journals as a first authors or last author (must be corresponding) *	1 Must be first author	>1 First or last author (as corresponding) Or ≥ 5 total	>2 First or last author (as corresponding) Or ≥ 10 total
Manuals, Book chapters, contribution to books, other forms of publication such as training videos etc.	-	>1	>2
Association Membership	1	1	2
Association Committees (e.g. American Board of Pediatrics, i.e., national association committees)	-	Desirable	1
Additional (no minimum associated)
Patents	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Standard Operating Procedures, Technical manuals	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Student mentoring (other than office hours, e.g., as member of AADS, AEP program)	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable

RESEARCHER TRACK

RESEARCHER TRACK	Lecturer (or instructor) to Assistant Professor	Assistant to Associate Professor	Associate Professor to Professor
Education Requirement: Candidate possesses appropriate qualification or equivalent in an appropriate field of study.	MD with MSc, MPH, MBA, PhD or equivalent, or MD board certification Or PhD	No additional requirements	No additional requirements
Experience Requirements: Meet’s minimum number of years at present rank.	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years
Professional development
Attendance at scientific conference; relevant to content being taught	1	1/year	2/year
Attendance at educational conference (e.g. AAMC, IAMSE, AMEE, etc.)	1	1/year	2/year
Attendance at scientific conference as invited speaker (poster, oral presentation, workshop)	-	1	2
Evidence of scholarly approach to Education #	Desirable	Required	Required
Completion of Certificate in Research (from Faculty Research Institute)	Required	Required	Required
Professionalism
Interaction with departmental and other colleagues	2 letters of recommendation (minimum 1 at higher rank than applicant)	3 letters of recommendation (minimum 2 at higher rank than applicant)	5 letters of recommendation (minimum 2 at higher rank than applicant and 1 from administrative level e.g. Assistant or Associate Dean) 2 from outside institution at your discipline
Inter-collegial networking	Ranked by Chair as Effective	Ranked by Chair as Highly Effective	Ranked by Chair as Highly Effective
Service to the University Community
Appointed member of administrative committee, e.g., scheduling, curriculum, assessments working group, strategic planning committee	Minimum 1	Minimum 1	Minimum 3
Voluntary or elected committee member (e.g., senate committees)	Minimum 1	Minimum 1	Minimum 1
Research activity
Publications in peer-reviewed, non-predatory journals as a first author	3	6	9
Publications in peer-reviewed, non-predatory journals as second author or other	9	18	36
Book chapters, contribution to books ‡	-	1	2
Grants	Contributed to minimum 1 grant proposal	Applied for Minimum 2 grants as PI Holds or have held minimum 1 grant as PI	Applied for Minimum 5 grants as PI Holds or have held minimum 3 grants as PI
Research student mentorship e.g. Grad student, MSRI student, MPH Capstone	1	2	4
Chair of Supervisory Committee	-	2	5
Member of Graduate Student Supervisory Committee	1	2	5
Member of Departmental Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC)	Required	Required	Required
Chair of Departmental Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC)	-	Desirable	Required
Additional (no minimum associated)
Patents	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Standard Operating Procedures, Technical manuals	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable
Student mentoring (other than office hours, e.g., as member of AADS, AEP program)	Desirable	Desirable	Desirable

Appendices

SOM Faculty Senate By-laws