For Prospective Adjunct & Affiliate Faculty

ADJUNCT OR AFFILIATE?

Confusion often exists about what constitutes an adjunct and an affiliate faculty member.  The major determination of whether a faculty member will have adjunct or affiliate status is based on employment status at an affiliate hospital and programmatic collaboration between the applying physician and the regular faculty at the University.  Such collaborations may include but are not limited to the following:  close working relationship between the adjunct/affiliate faculty member and regular faculty at the University of Minnesota Medical School in coverage of clinics; shared night call coverage; attending responsibilities at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital (UMACH); participation in research projects; and/or participation in fellowship programs.

Adjunct faculty are primarily clinicians who work in clinics in the community or in another medical setting.  Adjunct faculty status should meet the needs of most providers who are not regular faculty and who seek an appointment in the Department.  Adjunct faculty  members are promoted on different criteria from affiliate/regular faculty in view of their focus on patient care and education.  Most adjunct faculty are in a private practice setting.

Affiliate faculty are those who provide teaching opportunities in hospitals directly affiliated with the University of Minnesota, including University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital, Hennepin County Medical Center, Children's Hospitals of Minnesota (Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses), and Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare.  Many (but not all) affiliate faculty are employed by affiliated hospitals.  Appointment and promotion of affiliate faculty requires the appropriate division director's approval and support.  Affiliate faculty members are promoted in a similar fashion to regular faculty, including review by the Promotion and Tenure Committee within the Department of Pediatrics. They are on either the clinical scholar, teaching, or research track. 

How do we determine affiliate or adjunct status?

Decisions regarding adjunct versus affiliate status will be determined by the Adjunct Faculty Committee in conjunction with the appropriate division director within the Department of Pediatrics.  Others who may be involved in assisting with such determinations include a member of the Academic Clinician Tracks Committee and the Promotions Committee.

To apply for affiliate/adjunct appointment, complete this quick survey so we can determine your status. 

Welcome from the Co-Chairs of the Adjunct Faculty Committee

    The Adjunct Committee is governed by a diverse group of active adjunct faculty members, co-chaired by Dr. Ted Thompson and Dr. Vicki Oster.

 
Vicki Oster, M.D. & Ted Thompson, M.D.

     The Department of Pediatrics has about 225 active adjunct faculty who volunteer their time to teach 115 Pediatric and Medicine/Pediatric residents and over 800 medical students. This teaching occurs in a wide variety of clinical settings ranging from urban, suburban and rural offices to large teaching hospitals.  The teaching experiences include Essentials of Clinical Medicine, a series of weekly half-day pediatric outpatient experiences where second year students get their first hands-on experience working with children and their families; the Primary Care Clerkship, where a third- or fourth-year student spends four days a week with a preceptor seeing patients; and the Resident Continuity Clinic, where residents spend a half-day each week for three to four years seeing patients. During the first year of Continuity Clinic, the resident will spend almost two months full-time in the preceptor’s office. Urban/rural student and resident electives allow senior residents opportunities to get more exposure to these practice settings for one month at a time.
    Adjunct faculty are promoted on different criteria from affiliate/regular faculty in view of their focus on patient care and education.  Most adjunct faculty are in a private practice setting.

Welcome from the chair of the  Academic Clinician Tracks Committee

       The Academic Clinician Tracks Committee is made up of active, regular faculty members of the Department of Pediatrics, and is chaired by Dr. Antoinette Moran.

Antoinette Moran, M.D., Clinical Scholar Committee Chair

The Department of Pediatrics has over 80 affiliate faculty who are actively involved in teaching our medical students and fellows who rotate to hospitals.  Affiliate faculty whose primary activity is clinical care will normally be on the clinical scholar track or the teaching track, where it is recognized that their achievements may be more collaborative than individual.  Teaching activities may occur in a variety of educational settings and formats, including didactic presentations, lectures, seminars, conferences, tutorials, advising/mentoring, case discussions, grand rounds, hospital and clinic rounds, patient/community education or continuing medical education.  The main focus of affiliate faculty on the teaching track is clinical care, with teaching of medical students and/or residents occurring primarily in the context of patient-related activities.
     Affiliate faculty are governed by the same rules as regular faculty and are promoted on the same criteria.