» Request to Post Faculty Vacancy (Form F1)

This is a template for a letter that should be addressed to the Chairman on division letterhead, and signed by the requesting division director. You must select a faculty rank and a faculty tenure track at this time.

This form will be used to create the posting for the requested faculty position online.  It must be filled out completely with as much detail as possible. Please note: even if you are proposing an existing MUSC staff member for a faculty appointment, they will be considered a new hire, and will go through the same process as non-MUSC applicants.

This form will be required for submission in the faculty appointment packet.  You may need to edit this form during the appointment process if the details of hire change when an applicant is selected. Please re-submit a revised form if that is the case.

This form is required for all new faculty positions created at MUSC. It should be filled out completely with as much detail as possible, and requires a signature from the Chairman. Once the Chairman’s signature is obtained, the original form should be sent to: Colleen Nichols (COM Dean’s Office, CSB 601), or scanned and emailed to nicholcr@musc.edu. 

» Faculty Tracks and Special Appointments

Requests for appointment and promotion originate from the Department, usually through recommendations to the Chairman by a Division Director. 

Once nominations have been recieved in the Chairman's office, the candidate will be contacted and asked to complete the necessary materials for promotion/tenure, and the Chairman will request reference letters from reviewers outside of MUSC. 

After a completed promotion/tenure packet has been submitted to the Chairman's office, the division director will present the promotion/tenure proposal to the Psychiatry APT Committee. 

If approved by the Department's APT Committee, recommendations are then forwarded by the Department Chairman to the Dean of the College of Medicine, who is advised by a College Appointment and Promotion Committee composed of full professors appointed from various departments.  The College of Medicine Appointment and Promotion Committee is subdivided into subcommittees with membership appropriate to review qualifications for appointment and promotion within each of the tracks.  Final review and approval are made by the full committee. 

The Dean makes recommendations to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of the Medical University who is advised by a University Appointment and Promotion Committee.  The Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost reviews the dossier and qualifications of the individual and makes recommendations to the President.  Appointments and Promotions at the level of associate professor and professor are transmitted to the Board of Trustees for final decision.  Although the same information is considered at each level of the review, and previous recommendations are considered, decisions are made independently at each level and decisions may differ. 

The College of Medicine offers faculty appointments in multiple tracks. Designation of a track will be based upon the faculty member's principal activity and will be approved by the chair in the initial letter of appointment. It should be emphasized that descriptions of each track are designed to characterize most faculty on a given track. There may be exceptions for persons who have unique or unusual qualifications and/or duties.  Such exceptional circumstances should be noted in the appointment letter, in annual reviews of the faculty member, and in deliberations related to the promotion process.

The faculty tracks are designed to address and reward the diverse roles assumed by the faculty of a college of medicine and academic health sciences center.  The very diversity of these work roles requires diverse criteria to determine success in each track.  It is specifically intended that appointment and promotion committees will apply different criteria to the different tracks.

For more detailed information about faculty tracks and special appointments, please review the Guidelines for Appointment and Promotion of Regular and Modified Faculty.  This attachment includes an overview of each rank and appointment type, as well as a criteria matrix that contains specific required and suggested criteria for appointment and promotion.

The College of Medicine has four separate academic tracks for regular faculty; all have the potential for achievement of tenure. When the faculty ranks for regular faculty are used as academic titles, no modifiers distinguish tracks. These tracks are:

• ACADEMIC INVESTIGATOR
• ACADEMIC INVESTIGATOR/EDUCATOR
• ACADEMIC CLINICIAN
• CLINICIAN EDUCATOR

The College of Medicine has four separate academic tracks for modified faculty; these tracks do not have the potential for achievement of tenure. Promotion is awarded in all four tracks. When the modified faculty ranks are used as titles the appropriate modifier is used to distinguish the track.  These tracks are:  

• RESEARCH FACULTY
• CLINICAL FACULTY
• ADJUNCT FACULTY
• VISITING FACULTY 

Five special appointments exist, which include:

• DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
• EMERITUS FACULTY
• ASSISTANT
• ASSOCIATE
• RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

» View Spring 2007 Promotions & Tenure Memo from the Chairman

» View/Print this section from the COM APT Guidelines

Promotions ordinarily are made twice a year, effective January 1 and July 1.  The following information should be submitted (hand-delivered) to the Chairman's office to initiate the Promotion process :

• After these materials have been submitted and reviewed, the Division Director and the applicant will be notified of the Chairman's decision.  The Chairman will then send request letters to the candidate's list of referees.  Promotion materials will be requested from the applicant at that time. (Deadlines for each cyle will be included in the Promotions & Tenure Memo from the Chairman).

• Approximately one month after notification has been given, the candidate's completed promotion packet should be hand-delivered to the Chairman's office.  Reviewer letters will also be due at this time.

• Once the completed packet has been submitted, and reviewer letters have been received, the Division Director will present the promotion at a meeting of the Psychiatry APT Committee.     » more

» View Spring Promotions & Tenure Memo from the Chairman

» View/Print this section of the APT Guidelines