Chapter 1. History

 Chapter 2. Organization of the Alpert Medical School

 Chapter 3. Faculty Affairs

 Chapter 4. Organization of AMS Departments

 Chapter 5. Medical School Faculty Governance

 Chapter 6. Faculty Responsibilities

 Chapter 7. Brown Format For Curriculum Vitae

 Chapter 8. Faculty Promotion Tracks

1. Core Document
2. Declaration of Track
3. Switches in Track

 Chapter 9. BMFA Schedule For Processing Actions

 Chapter 10. Faculty Recruitment

 Chapter 11. Faculty Appointments

 Chapter 12. Faculty Reappointments

 Chapter 13. Annual Reviews of Faculty

 Chapter 14. Faculty Promotion Process

 Chapter 15. Guidelines For Faculty File Access

 Chapter 16. Postdoctoral Appointments/Reappointments

 Chapter 17. House Staff/Fellow Appointments/Reappointments

 Chapter 18. Faculty Benefits

 Chapter 19. Visa Appointments

 Chapter 20. Teaching / Excellence Awards For Clinical Faculty

 Chapter 21. Grievance Procedures

 Chapter 22. Resources

Chapter 8

TERM EXTENSION POLICY

Bio-Med Faculty Policy (11/16/99; rev. 7/5/00; rev. 7/13/00)

Brown Medical School

Approved by University Faculty (11/7/00)

(Stop the Clock Policy)

Recommendation for extension of time period (Promotion Time Clock) for promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor in the Academic Medical Faculty Tracks.

The Brown University Medical School recognizes that family or personal medical situations may impose competing demands for significant amounts of a faculty member's time and thus may interfere with the faculty member's ability to achieve promotion in the usual (3) three-year terms. As such, this proposed policy would permit some flexibility in the usual "promotion time clock" by authorizing the granting of a limited extension for faculty members who require additional time to meet these demands.

Policy:

Faculty members who require extended leaves for personal medical problems or who require an extended leave for childbirth and/or associated parental leave, adoption of a child or caring for a sick child or close family member may request a one-year extension of the current term or concurrent with the period of time needed for the medical leave, maternal leave, parental leave, adoption or provision of care to the sick child/family member.

Extension requests will be granted only for one year, not less, and thus the deferral is for one academic year.

Implementation:

• An individual faculty member requesting an extension will submit the request in writing with an explanation of the need for the extension to the department chair with a copy to the Office of BioMed Faculty Affairs (BMFA).
• The department chair will document his/her recommendation and then forward the request to the Office of BioMed Faculty Affairs (BMFA).
• The Dean of Medicine will be asked to review and approve the request. If approved, a letter will be sent to the faculty member's institution requesting approval and assurance of continuing support for the additional year.
• Upon assurance from the member's employing institution of continuing salary support for the additional term, the BMFA will notify the faculty member and department chair in writing when the request has been granted.
• When and if the individual has taken an unpaid leave of absence from his/her employer, but the appointment continues, the same shall be communicated to the BMFA.