Rationale and Objectives
Promotion is an important milestone in the career of academic radiologists. Appointments,
Promotion and Tenure (APT) committees require multiple letters of support from both
internal and external referees. Traditional narrative letters are highly subjective,
have high inter-reader variability, are time-intensive, and vulnerable to gender and
other biases. The Alliance of Directors and Vice Chairs of Education in Radiology
(ADVICER) recognized the need for a standardized template to assist academic faculty,
letter writers, and APT committees.
Materials and Methods
An ADVICER ad hoc committee of six educators with experience serving as external referees was convened
to create a standardized template. Committee members performed a search of the relevant
literature and internet sites, spoke with stakeholders such as APT chairs, and ultimately
developed a template for faculty reviewer letters using the common clinician-educator
pathway as a focal point.
Results
An open source, modifiable, standardized, template was produced. The template has
been made available to ADVICER members and is available on the Association of University
Radiologists (AUR) website at: https://www.aur.org/resources/Template-for-Faculty-Reviewer-Letters-for-Promotion-and-Appointment
Conclusion
This external referee template has the potential to reduce subjectivity, eliminate
bias, and provide a flexible, modifiable, comprehensive faculty review letter template
which will be useful for academic faculty, letter writers, and promotions committees.
Key Words
Abbreviations:
APT (Aointments Promotion and Tenure), ADVICER (Alliance of Directors and Vice Chairs of Education in Radiology), AUR (Association of University Radiologists), CV (curriculum vitae), SLOR (standardized letter of recommendation)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: January 27, 2022
Accepted:
December 22,
2021
Received in revised form:
December 12,
2021
Received:
September 20,
2021
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