SUCCESS Program
Starting University Clinical Careers Effectively, Scholarly, and Successfully
Being an academic physician can be challenging. If you're a new faculty member, it is important to understand early all components necessary for career success. The SUCCESS program helps clinical faculty thrive by providing training in the four domains of excellence required for academic promotion: Clinicians, Educators, Scholars, Institutional Citizens.
In this two-part virtual program, faculty can get a jumpstart on the who, what, where, and how to be a successful clinical faculty member at UT Southwestern.
Target audience
- Newly hired and current Instructors, Assistant Professors, and Associate Professors on the Clinician-Educator, Clinical Scholar, or Clinician tracks.
- New, or aspiring, Division Directors and other faculty may also benefit.
2024 Workshop
Register today for the Fall 2024 (FY25) sessions! Once you have registered, save your provided link to your calendar.
Part 1 - September 17, 2024 Part 2 - October 23, 2024
Roadmap to SUCCESS
- Being a UT Southwestern Faculty Member
Dr. W. P. Andrew Lee, Professor of Plastic Surgery and EVP for Academic Affairs and Provost, Dean of UT Southwestern Medical School, covers what it means to be a UT Southwestern faculty member.
Training Module Duration: 3:51
- Creating an Effective CV
Dr. Helen Yin, Professor of Physiology and Associate Dean of the Office of Women’s Careers, covers a review of CV components and suggestions for maintenance.
Key points include:
- Your CV is a “self-marketing tool” that should accurately showcase your professional accomplishments.
- Your CV should be polished, error-free, and accurate. Small details matter.
- Your CV is an evolving document that requires frequent maintenance. CV maintenance is your responsibility.
- Customize your CV for different purposes. Use the P&T template for internal purposes.
Training Module Duration: 12:18
- Promotion Criteria
Dr. Lance Terada, Professor of Internal Medicine and Surgery, Chair of the Promotion & Tenure Committee; and Division Chief of Pulmonary & Critical Care, covers promotion criteria used to evaluate academic progress of the clinician-educator.
Key points include:
- Set a high bar for yourself as you define your identity as an academic physician.
- Don’t be afraid to promote your clinical excellence.
- Don’t wait for teaching opportunities to hit you in the face.
- Communicate your knowledge to the world.
Training Module Duration: 11:42
- Evaluating Progress Toward Promotion
Dr. Steven Bloom, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, covers opportunities to evaluate progress toward promotion: a) Annual Reviews b) Fourth-Year Faculty Progress Review
Key points include:
- Understand the requirements for promotion related to your academic track.
- Use the standardized CV template.
- The annual evaluation process and the specialized year four review are helpful guideposts to track your progress toward promotion.
Training Module Duration: 19:15
Clinician Development
- Creating a Successful Patient-Centered Practice
Dr. John Rutherford, Professor of Internal Medicine and Vice President of Clinical Operations, covers an overview of what patient satisfaction looks like from the patient perspective and the use of Press-Ganey scores to develop a good reputation.
Key points include:
- Our goal is to achieve a level of patient care and service that we would to be proud to receive for our families, our friends, and ourselves.
- As faculty members who are caregivers, role models, and teachers, when we embrace our service standards, or PACT, we can enhance the effectiveness of our care teams.
- Self-awareness regarding professional etiquette can have a major positive influence on our patients’ experience over, and above, offering our expertise.
- We need to respect the fact that our patients’ time is equally important to ours.
- Concise, clear, timely communications with patients, and colleagues, promote safer care and builds your reputation.
Training Module Duration: 14:29
- Measuring Clinical Productivity
Dr. Sharon Reimold, Professor of Internal Medicine and Vice Chair for Clinical Operations and Faculty Development, covers how clinical productivity of the individual physician is measured and reported.
Key points include:
- Know the clinical expectations for your position.
- Find a successful faculty member and get advice about how to achieve the clinical goals.
- Nontraditional metrics such as program building and clinical trials may contribute to your productivity – Discuss with your Chair.
- Get feedback throughout the year to determine if you are progressing appropriately.
Training Module Duration: 4:32
- Getting Involved in Professional Associations
Dr. John Warner, Professor of Internal Medicine and Executive Vice President for Health System Affairs, covers a review of getting involved in professional associations as a strategy to build your professional reputation.
Key points include:
- Can contribute to promotion for clinician-educators
- Regional and national reputation and
- Opportunities for publications
- Accelerate career development for clinical scholars, basic scientists
- Good path to enhance network of colleagues
- Opportunity to interact with thought leaders
- Opportunities for mentorship
- Can contribute to promotion for clinician-educators
Educator Development
- Education During Bedside Rounds
Dr. Reeni Abraham, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and co-director of Internal Medicine Clerkship, covers strategies to master teaching efficiencies during bedside rounds.
Key points include:
- Define what to teach.
- Plan ahead with expectations and a calendar.
- Team approach.
- Carry a notebook.
- Real-time feedback.
Training Module Duration: 10:18
- Education in the Ambulatory Clinic
Dr. Blake Barker, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Associate Dean of Student Affairs, covers strategies to provide effective and time-efficient teaching with the learner during the brief patient encounters in the ambulatory setting – “The 1 minute lecture.”
Key points include:
- Great clinical teachers facilitate learning experience.
- Use One Minute Preceptor to quickly identify learner needs.
- Use remaining time to teach general principles.
Training Module Duration: 10:40
- Evaluating Students and Trainees Using Competency-Based Assessments
Dr. Larissa Velez, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, covers assessing competence in clinical settings through the framework of evaluation of Competency-Based Assessments.
Key points include:
- Know your CC and milestones.
- Prepare yourself.
- Meet your learners where they are.
- Be constructive.
Training Module Duration: 13:06
- Modeling Professionalism as an Educator
Dr. Angela Mihalic, Professor of Pediatrics, Dean of Medical Students, and Associate Dean of Student Affairs, covers experienced clinician-educator constructs for teaching professionalism to learners. While “teaching professionalism” is a challenging goal, professionalism can be taught using vignettes that demonstrate professionalism dilemmas in a particular context.
Key points include:
- Role model professionalism and respect for all
- Report concerns early for intervention/remediation
- Monitor for and address mistreatment of learners
Training Module Duration: 13:10
- Providing Formative Feedback to Learners
Dr. Dorothy Sendelbach, Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, covers the expectations of clinicians to provide feedback to learners (students and residents), both written and orally. This module reviews the expectations and processes for student and trainee evaluation and feedback.
Key points include:
- Feedback is the heart of medical education.
- Be honest but not cruel.
- Assess insight and close the loop.
- When receiving critical feedback, act on it.
Training Module Duration: 10:02
- Finding Teaching Opportunities
Dr. Won Lee, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Medical Director of the Clinical Center for Sleep and Breathing Disorders, covers the evaluation of clinician-educator faculty members at the time of promotion consideration for his or her “Educational Accomplishments.” This module will review opportunities for the clinician-educator faculty member to participate in educational activities when he/she has not been assigned learners in the setting of his/her clinical practice.
Key points include:
- Create teaching opportunities
- Organize and monitor your educational efforts
- Education portfolio – for promotion
- Value your unique strengths
Training Module Duration: 11:04
Scholarly Productivity
- Developing Your Research Question
Sandi Pruitt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Population and Data Sciences, provides an introduction to the basic concepts in research methodology.
View “Developing Your Research Question” Presentation
Key points include:
- Your research question is the foundation of your study
- Must be an answerable question at the intersection of what is/isn’t known
- Use PICO (or PICOT) framework to specify patients, intervention, comparison and observations
- You must be able to answer the research question with the team and resources available to you
- Publishing Quality Improvement Projects
Dr. Gary Reed, Professor of Internal Medicine and Associate Dean of Quality, Safety, and Outcomes Education, covers the participation of clinician-educators in quality improvement projects. This talk provides recommendations to help turn these exercises into peer-reviewed publications.
View “Publishing Quality Improvement Projects” Presentation
Key points include:
- Achieve a level of patient care and service that we would to be proud to receive for our families, our friends, and ourselves.
- QI projects can be published.
- Methodology and format is critical.
- Journal selection makes a difference.
- How Can Clinician-Educators Contribute to Scholarship?
Dr. Ethan Halm, Professor of Internal Medicine and Population and Data Sciences, Division Chief of General Internal Medicine, and Division Chief of Outcomes & Health Services Research, covers the various ways to get started and contribute to clinical scholarship.
View “How Can Clinician-Educators Contribute to Scholarship?” Presentation
Key points include:
- Be clear on your goals, motivation.
- Think team science, not free solo.
- Network: Talk to researchers, leaders.
- Be realistic: Get involved in something doable.
- How Do I Get Started? Research Tools at UTSW
Christoph U. Lehmann, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics, Bioinformatics, and Population and Data Sciences, and Melody G. Bell, M.S., Assistant Vice President, Academic Information Systems, teach clinicians about the available data sources, tools, and best practices, which may result in scholarly products.
View “How Do I Get Started? Research Tools at UTSW” Presentation
Key points include:
- UTSW makes great effort to “democratize data” and make them available to researchers
- Tools are available to researchers to extract or collect data
- Academic Information Systems is instrumental in supporting researchers.
- Getting Involved in Patient-Oriented Research
Dr. James de Lemos, Professor of Internal Medicine, covers recommendations on becoming a successfully funded clinical trialist. Recommendations will also be provided on strategies to a) get involved in clinical research and b) get involved in clinical research teams.
View “Getting Involved in Patient-Oriented Research” Presentation
Key points include:
- Start early, anticipate delays, and stay on top of details.
- Clinical research is a team sport – play your role and lean on your teammates.
- Don’t start a project until you have fully vetted it with experienced researchers.
- Take advantage of the many resources available at UTSW and in your departments.
- Creating Scholarship in the Clinic
Dr. Kavita Bhavan, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Innovation and High Value Care for Internal Medicine, covers recommendations to use the daily clinical practice environment to generate peer-reviewed scholarly products.
View “Creating Scholarship in the Clinic” Presentation
Key points include:
- Don’t be afraid! Embrace opportunities.
- Your passion for delivering outstanding patient care can translate into scholarly products.
- Elevating patient care through innovations can and must be published.
- If you have an administrative role, leverage it for time and access needed for progress in research.
- Connect to your Department’s quality, innovation, and think tank groups with resources.
- Resources for Clinical Academic Pursuits
Dr. David Gerber, Professor of Internal Medicine and Population and Data Sciences, Associate Director of Clinical Research, and co-leader of the Experimental Therapeutics Program, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, covers the UT Southwestern resources available to assist you with your scholarly products and activities.
View “Resources for Clinical Academic Pursuits” Presentation
Key points include:
- As a clinician, you are uniquely poised to ask and answer clinically relevant questions, but you cannot do it on your own.
- Use the campus library (in-person or online) for research and access to databases.
- Reach out to the Office of Faculty Development and Office of Women’s Careers for programs, consultations, and guidance.
- Take advantage of the Center for Translational Medicine and Population and Data Sciences Project Management model for your research and career development.
- Mining Epic for Scholarship
Dr. DuWayne Willett, Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, covers how to understand and effectively use Epic to assist with academic scholarship.
View “Mining Epic for Scholarship” Presentation
Key points include:
- You can use EPIC to access data for analyses and research.
- There is an informatics team and informatics officers within each department/division you may reach out to for help with data extraction from EPIC.
- IRB Submission Process
Joshua Fedewa, M.S., C.I.P., Former Associate Director of the Human Research Protection Program, covers recommendations for the busy clinician on steps for an IRB submission.
Key points include:
- All human research must be IRB approved.
- We serve IRB for UT Southwestern, Parkland Hospital, Children”s Health, Scottish Rite for Children, and Texas Health Resources.
- Start IRB submissions in Velos and push to eIRB.
- Call us! We are here to help.
Training Module Duration: 7:48
Visit the Human Research Protection Program website for contact information.
Professional and Institutional Citizenship
- Professionalism
Dr. Jeffrey McKinney, Professor of Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Pediatric Education, and Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Program, covers goals for outstanding professional behavior at UT Southwestern in clinical settings, educational settings, and in the conduct of research. Appropriate interactions and mistreatment considerations between the Clinician-Educator faculty member and peers, subordinates, trainees, students, patients, and staff will be covered.
View “Professionalism” Presentation
Key points include:
- Professionalism is critical for career success.
- Remember that ALL of your interactions matter.
- Unprofessional conduct is likely to place your promotion at risk.
- When you see unprofessional behavior in others, address it ASAP.
- Institutional Citizenship
Dr. Dev Desai, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics; Program Director of Transplant Surgery Fellowship, UT Southwestern Medical Center; Chief of Pediatric Transplantation, Children’s Medical Center; and The Regents Distinguished Scholar in Medical Research, covers a review of recommendations on how a faculty member could get involved with committees at UTSW. It will highlight how participation in the committee process is a part of general citizenship, increases the faculty member’s visibility, and is a reputation building mechanism.
View “Institutional Citizenship” Presentation
Key points include:
- Institutional committees can be key to building your reputation.
- Don’t get overcommitted. Learn how to say “yes” and how to say “no.”
- Use your annual review to evaluate your commitments.
- Institutional citizenship is required but not sufficient to be promoted.
Contact the SUCCESS Team
Phone: 214-648-2590
