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Proposed policy: Clinical Professors
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May 30, 2007
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FOR INFORMATION
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The Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules has determined that the proposed policy
A 12.13 Clinical Professors should be forwarded to Senate for information.
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Michael Stevenson
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Clinical Professors Policy
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March 27, 2007
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With the establishment of the Faculty of Health Sciences we have a need for a new
category of faculty appointments: clinical professors. Employing the services of health
care professionals will add a very important dimension to our health sciences
programs.
A draft policy setting out the terms and conditions for clinical appointments at SFU is
attached. This draft has the approval of the Vice President, Academic, of the Dean of
Health Sciences and of the Faculty Association. Because this proposal calls for clinical
faculty to be members of the Faculty Association, we will need to sign a letter of
agreement with SFUFA to the effect that should the Association unionize at some point
in the future, clinical professors will be excluded from the bargaining unit.
I recommend that this policy be forwarded to the Board of Governors for approval.
Ic r nd so recommend.
Mic el Stevenson,
President and Vice-Chancellor
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Policies and Procedures
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SUBJECT: CLINICAL PROFESSORS
PURPOSE:
This Policy provides a category of academic appointment to be used for practitioners
and researchers in health sciences and health-related disciplines. Similar to tenure-track
appointments in many respects, the continuation of these appointments is contingent
upon funding being available for the appointment. Providing a vital link between the
University and the field of clinical practice, these appointments supplement, but do not
replace, regular tenure track appointments.
1. POLICY:
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Partnerships between Simon Fraser University and other public sector or private
sector health-related agencies may create opportunities for highly-qualified
practitioners or researchers from those agencies to be associated with a
department or program on a long-term basis subject to the continued availability
of salary support.
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To facilitate such arrangements, a new category of academic appointment is
created, that of Clinical Professor.
2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT
2.1 A Clinical Professor will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate
Professor or Professor based on an assessment of professional and academic
achievement and experience.
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2.2 The term of appointment will be up to five years. Where funding is to be available
beyond the fifth year, in the fourth year of appointment the incumbent will be given a
contract review under the procedures specified in Policy A 11.03. If the review is
positive, the appointment will be renewed for a further term not to exceed five years,
as determined by the availability of funding. There can be more than one renewal.
2.3 If a contract is not renewed, the appointment will end. Such termination of
appointment is not considered dismissal.
2.4 Appointments as Clinical Professor will take place as Category B appointments as
set out in Policy A 10.01 except that these positions need not be advertised.
2.5 The salary for these appointments will not normally be less than the appropriate
salary on the tenure-track Faculty Salary Scale except where the individual maintains
a substantial clinical practice in which case the remuneration may be a nominal
amount. This recognizes that these appointments have a value within the
professional community.
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2.6 The duties to be performed by a clinical professor will be set out in the letter of
appointment.
2.7 Clinical faculty will be subject to biennial performance reviews in the same manner
as tenure-track faculty and will be eligible to progress through the ranks.
2.8 Clinical faculty will not be eligible for enhanced early retirement.
3. REQUIREMENTS
3.1 A clinical appointment may be made by the Vice President, Academic only
where the Dean can demonstrate that other categories of academic
appointment (tenure-track, limited term, visiting or adjunct) will not allow the
Department to meet its needs and achieve its purposes.
3.2 An appointment as a Clinical Professor does not carry with it the prospect or
promise of conversion to a regular tenure-track appointment. A person
holding an appointment as Clinical Professor may apply for a vacant CFL
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position for which he/she is qualified and be considered in the same manner
as other qualified applicants.
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3.3 Where an appointment is supported by external funds, the recommendation
for appointment as Clinical Professor must include a copy of the funding
agreement. Funding arrangements may include the stipulation that funds
must be paid to the University prior to the start of the appointment.
3.4 Where external funding for a clinical appointment comes to an end, any
additional costs associated with winding down research projects associated
with the appointment are the responsibility of the Department. Long-term
commitments (e.g., the supervision of doctoral students) should be taken into
account when a Clinical Professor is recommended.
3.5 The total complement of Clinical Professors shall not normally exceed 5% of
the University's total CFL complement or constitute more than 20% of any
individual academic unit. The Vice-President, Academic shall include in the
annual Faculty Renewal report the number of Clinical Professors.
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3.6 This policy does not apply to NSERC Industrial Chairs and like appointments.
3.7 All appointees shall either become members of the Simon Fraser University
Faculty Association or may opt to pay the equivalent dues to an agreed upon
third-party recipient as set out in section 4.2 of the SFUFA Framework
Agreement.
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