Appointments and Promotions Process

Faculty appointments and promotions process is handled by either the SOM Office of Faculty Affairs for School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, or SHSP Office of the Dean for faculty appointments within the School of Health Sciences and Practice.

SOM/GSBMS Faculty

The Tenure, Appointments and Promotions (TAP) Committee is a committee of School of Medicine faculty and is charged with ensuring that scholarly achievement and excellence are the criteria for academic advancement, independent of whether a faculty member's achievements derive primarily from clinical, teaching, research or administrative contributions to the department, institution and medical and scientific communities. Selection of individuals for appointment and promotion to the SOM and/or GSBMS faculty and awarding of tenure must be in accordance with the highest standards. More information on the SOM/GSBMS tenure, appointments and promotions process, please visit the SOM Office of Faculty Affairs section on Faculty Appointment or Promotion.

SHSP Faculty

For the SHSP faculty appointments and reappointments process, the Faculty Self-Assessment Form (full-time and part-time) is designed to collect information on your own assessment of your performance as a faculty member over the past academic year. Your self-assessment should be based on student evaluations of your teaching (if applicable), your contributions to the life of the College, and your professional accomplishments. The form also asks you to identify your goals related to teaching, and to suggest topics of interest for faculty development. The form for full-time faculty is different than that for part-time faculty. Please be sure to access the correct form. SHSP forms are available in the Academic Resources and Forms section on the TouroOne Portal.