Faculty Affairs workshop series: Navigating Academic Promotion for Clinical Faculty Preparing for Promotion to Associate or Full Professor (Part 2)

Faculty Affairs workshop series: Navigating Academic Promotion for Clinical Faculty
Preparing for Promotion to Associate or Full Professor (Part 2)

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• Date: December 4, 2025
• Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
• Format: Virtual on Teams
• Presenter:  Dr. Sudhir Sundaresan

Description:
This highly interactive workshop is designed for clinical faculty who are actively preparing to apply for promotion to Associate or Full Professor. Through guided discussion and shared insights, participants will learn how to strategically organize their academic CV and application dossiers to reflect the standards of excellence established by the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Exemplars from Faculty who have successfully navigated the promotion process in each area of academic focus will be shared. Participants will leave with concrete feedback to strengthen their applications and highlight their academic impact.

Target audience:
Clinical faculty at assistant or associate professor level who anticipate submitting their promotion application to the Departmental Teaching Personnel Committee (DTPC) in the next 1-3 years. All participants must come prepared with an updated academic CV.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Interpret Faculty of Medicine promotion criteria in relation to their individual academic contributions
2. Recognize the timelines and procedural steps involved in the promotion process
3. Organize their academic CV and promotion dossier to clearly demonstrate excellence, impact, and progression over time
4. Apply practical strategies to present evidence of excellence in clinical expertise, teaching effectiveness, leadership contributions, innovation, and scholarly output as relating to their area of focus
5. Integrate narrative and reflective elements to convey academic identity and sustained contribution
6. Identify common pitfalls in promotion submissions and approaches to strengthen the case for promotion
7. Outline the appeal process and reflect on the emotional repercussions of unsuccessful applications

Centre d’innovation en éducation médical (CiEM)

Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CiMED)

Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine

850 Peter Morand Crescent

Ottawa, ON K1G 5Z3

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