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Definition of External Professional Recognition

External professional recognition should be progressively garnered from local, regional, national, and international sources as a faculty member’s career advances. The following items, or those of a similar nature, should be used to judge professional recognition.

  • Received prizes and awards
  • Elected as a member of scientific or professional societies and organizations
  • Invited to serve as visiting or endowed professor
  • Requested to plan or lead symposia, conferences, or professional society programs
  • Appointed to scientific or medical peer-review bodies
  • Appointed to scientific, medical, or government advisory or regulatory bodies
  • Appointed or elected to membership on governing councils or as an officer of scientific, government, and professional organizations
  • Appointed to editorial boards or as editor