Educator-Clinician Track

Promotion on the Educator-Clinician Track (ECT) is reserved for faculty who demonstrate excellence in education/teaching and/or clinical care. Faculty on the ECT significantly contribute to the education of medical students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and house staff at Einstein and its affiliates through teaching, creating educational content, leading or organizing educational activities, and/or making significant contributions to patient care.

Promotion on the ECT is made to the senior ranks of:

• Associate Professor of (Department) 
• Professor of (Department)

The ECT consists of three major legs, with examples of criteria for each leg listed below: 

1. Educator: creation, direction, and/or dissemination of educational programs
2. Teacher: high-volume and high-quality teaching in clinical or didactic settings
3. Clinical Scholar/Leader: outstanding clinical work and a wide range of scholarly endeavors, including publications, leadership roles in clinical operations, and various means of disseminating clinical expertise

Except as noted, the criteria listed in each leg comprise multiple relevant activities and are not all required. The order of the list of criteria does not imply priority. For more detail, please refer to the ECT checklist.

To meet the criteria for promotion, candidates must have significant strength in at least two of the three major legs, or indisputable strength in one leg (i.e., meeting many criteria in that leg) and strength in another major leg. Strength in the minor legs also contributes to the strength of the overall packet. Promotion based on indisputable strength in the teaching leg requires 50% of full-time FTE, with 25% of full-time FTE teaching medical students, if teaching is primary leg. 

These criteria are applicable for promotion at either the Associate Professor or Professor rank. In either case, candidates must show overall progression of their career since their last promotion. This might include an expanded record of achievement in the criteria that were used for previous promotion or success in meeting new criteria. The key requirement is to demonstrate growth in teaching, educational roles, scholarly activity, and/or clinical and academic leadership. One can be appointed as an Assistant Professor on this track at the discretion of the department chair or be eligible for appointment or promotion to senior rank if approved by the Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP).