professors who teach but don't do research?

[Jsmooth]

I was wondering if there were any positions on the medical school faculty which give doctors the opportunity to teach only without the obligation to perform any kind of research...these would of course be non-tenure based positions...but i'm not sure i know of anything like this off the top of my head

thanks in advance

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[DropkickMurphy]

I was wondering if there were any positions on the medical school faculty which give doctors the opportunity to teach only without the obligation to perform any kind of research...these would of course be non-tenure based positions...but i'm not sure i know of anything like this off the top of my head

thanks in advance

Yeah, they are generally called clinical professors. I know several who have tenure and have not done research.

 

[Oceaner]

I know there isn't such a position in other academic areas that I'm familiar with... I wonder too.

 

[Jsmooth]

Yeah, they are generally called clinical professors. I know several who have tenure and have not done research.

but how come there's always talk about promotions among clinical professors? i thought those were tenure-track only..

 

[DrBowtie]

Yeah, they are generally called clinical professors. I know several who have tenure and have not done research.

I've heard it as Clinical Instructors.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

i thought those were tenure-track only..

Uh....since when? Normally there are the same ranks (which vary from school to school): clinical adjunct professor, clinical associate professor, clinical assistant professor, clinical professor, etc.

Many of the academic medicine programs seem to be tenured systems from what I've seen.

 

[drizzt3117]

I was wondering if there were any positions on the medical school faculty which give doctors the opportunity to teach only without the obligation to perform any kind of research...these would of course be non-tenure based positions...but i'm not sure i know of anything like this off the top of my head

thanks in advance

Are you including adjunct faculty in your discussion? There are plenty of doctors who hold faculty positions based on teaching residents in specialties and just practice, without doing research as well.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

I've heard it as Clinical Instructors.

I've seen that too, but normally it's just another "step".....or its used for PA-Cs, etc who have teaching responsibilities in academic settings. One of my friends is an NREMT-P and holds a master's degree and he is a clinical instructor in emergency medicine at a medical school. It just depends on the school I guess

 

[Jsmooth]

is this considered academic medicine too then? (with no research?)

 

[alwaysaangel]

We have a lot of doctors that work primarily in family practice - but they also do research.

I know a lot of medical schools have volunteer faculty who do preceptorships and stuff with students. So if you just want to teach thats definitely an option.

 

[MassTransport]

I think you're considered in academic medicine if you work primarily for a medical school/system.

At my school, professionals who only teach at the college are called professors of the practice or instructors, depending on if they hold a doctorate or not. I also know of many doctors who only perform clinical practice that hold the title of adjunct, assistant, or associate professor.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

is this considered academic medicine too then? (with no research?)

Yes, I would imagine it would be.

 

[stat3113]

How does a regular MD get an appointment as a 'clinical professor' at a top school? Does he already have to be at the top of his game with research and stuff?

 

[DropkickMurphy]

How does a regular MD get an appointment as a 'clinical professor' at a top school? Does he already have to be at the top of his game with research and stuff?

It is probably not as involved as you would think. Most clinical professors are hired as clinicians first and the prof part just comes from the fact they will be teaching in the course of their treatment of patients because of the presence of students and residents.

BTW, I like how it has to be at a "top school", not that you are concerned with your ego or anything...... 🙄

 

[ChiDoc27]

I know that the surgeon I have been shadowing all summer used to be a clinical instructor for Loyola, but when I asked him if he did research, he said that he usually did not. Now he's in private practice, but he did work in academic medicine for about 10 years.

 

[jace's mom]

I just interviewed with a professor at TCOM who teaches but does not do research. She taught high school science for many years before returning to medical school, and she loved teaching. Now she has a family clinic on campus and also teaches for the medical school. It was fascinating to talk with her because my history is very similar to hers. I'm not sure what her actual job title is or how many hours she teaches. I know she doesn't do research and she told them up front she wasn't interested in the tenure track.