Authors: Landy F Sparr Joseph D Bloom Leonard J Marcel James H Shore
Publish Date: 2014/01/15
Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 61-68
Abstract
A large number of psychiatrists have been or are currently unpaid voluntary or “clinical” faculty In 19871988 in 127 medical schools there were approximately 122000 clinical faculty members outnumbering regular faculty by approximately two to one Yet in contrast to primary faculty administrative policies eg appointment reappointment promotion regarding clinical faculty are often illdefined or absent entirely We discovered in a survey of 8 departments of psychiatry that most departments do not have separate administrative guidelines or policies for these faculty This article addresses specific mechanisms for determining clinical faculty membership and duties and suggests policies for appointment reappointment and promotion The authors focus on administrative management strategies such as the creation of a departmental Clinical Faculty Committee and the consideration of quality assurance issues
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