Helpful Information for all Faculty
Who's who in the Department
Faculty Leadership and Administrative Staff
School of Medicine Resources
Professoriate Faculty Orientation and Networking (includes benefits overview, etc)
Clinician Educator Orientation and Networking (includes benefits overview, etc)
Training and Reporting Responsibilities of all Professoriate, Clinician Educators, and Instructors
Upon the start of employment at Stanford, all faculty must:
- - Complete an SU-18 Patent and Copyright agreement
- - Report outside professional activities via OPACS (annually reported each Spring)
- - Complete HIPAA training (complete every two years)
- - Complete Human Subjects training (as needed)
- - Complete State-mandated training on sexual harassment prevention (Email notification for subsequent training)
Medical Staff Privileges (required) and Billing
All clinicians who practice at Stanford are required to be approved for medical staff privileges at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics and/or LPCH by the Medical Staff Credentialing Committee at Stanford Hospital prior to any clinical activities. We are unable to bill for clinical services without such credentialing in place. This is a separate process conducted independently of the Department. The credentialing process takes 90-120 days, therefore it should be started as early as possible.
- Sheila Cortnik is the Medical Staff Coordinator and may be reached at (scortnik@stanfordmed.org / (650) 946-8851)
- Requests for medical staff privileges for clinicians working in the adult, sleep, and child psychiatry clinics must be initiated by your faculty line administrators: Mindy Hantke (mhantke@stanford.edu / (650) 723-8252) or Heather Kenna (hkenna@stanford.edu / (650) 724-0521).
Subsequent to the submission of a request for medical staff privileges, you will receive an application package and training requirements directly from Sheila Cortnik. Her email will also reference a credentialing fee – please note that this will be paid directly by the Department.
Clinic Managers
All new clinicians should contact their respective clinic managers to obtain required EPIC training, fill out a provider packet, and to learn about billing practices and procedures.
- Craig Charles (ccharles@stanfordmed.org / (650) 498-6075) for adult clinics
- Diana Kennedy (dkennedy@lpch.org / (650) 725-5722) for child clinics
- Jan Anderson (janderson@stanfordmed.org / (650) 721-7505) for the sleep clinic
Stanford’s Private Practice Policy
Those who are more than 50% time but less than 100% time must obtain an exemption from the Dean’s Office to engage in private practice. Clinicians who are 100% time at Stanford are generally not allowed to engage in private practice except under rare and time-limited circumstances, and only with approved exemption from the Dean’s Office.
Practice Policy for Clinicians at the School of Medicine
Faculty Evaluations
Teaching and Mentoring Evaluations
Your teaching and mentoring skills will be evaluated by trainees on an ongoing basis. These data are reviewed by the Chairman and senior departmental leadership, and are important for reappointment and promotion considerations.
If you are a clinician and provide clinical supervision and teaching, your trainees will be asked to complete a clinical teaching evaluation form. This evaluation is collected through the MedHub system. A sample evaluation form is available below:
If you provide primary mentorship to a postdoctoral research fellow, that individual will be asked to evaluate your mentoring on an annual basis using the following evaluation form:
Classroom Teaching and Guest Lectures
If you direct a formal course at Stanford, whether within the Department or in an external department, teaching evaluations are generally routinely collected. We ask that you please confirm this process with the appropriate educational director ahead of time, as these data will be important for reappointment and promotion considerations.
If you provide classroom teaching either in a single or multiple lecture venue and teaching evaluations are not routinely collected as part of the process, we ask that you please use the following teaching evaluation form to collect this important data:
If you provide teaching or didactic lectures outside of Stanford, such as at professional conferences, workshops, or external institutions, we strongly encourage you to collect teaching data. Professional conferences often collect lecture feedback, and you may request to receive these results. You may also use the above lecture form. Please keep these data on file to have on hand for your future reappointment or promotion consideration.
Clinical Excellence Surveys (CES's)
If you are a clinician, at the time of reappointment or promotion consideration, the Department will solicit evaluation of your core clinical competencies from a range of current and former trainees, clinical administrators, and clinician colleagues.
Reappointment and Promotion
The Department holds annual workshops for Professoriate and CE Faculty to discuss career development issues and review reappointment and promotion criteria. We also encourage all faculty to review their respective chapters in the Faculty Handbook for University criteria related to reappointment and promotion considerations.
- Professoriate: Academic Affairs - Chapter 2
- CE Faculty: Academic Affairs - Chapter 3
- Instructors: Academic Affairs - Chapter 7
Sabbatical and Professional Development Leave
Professoriate Faculty
Members of the Professoriate earn sabbatical at a rate of 2.5 days/month (30 days/year) and the total amount of accrual is capped at 360 days. Sabbatical duration must be for at least 30 days (e.g. one continuous calendar month). Multiple sabbaticals within a 12-month period are allowed, however, you must return to work at Stanford for a period of time at least equal to the length of your most recent sabbatical prior to taking another sabbatical leave. We are required to submit requests for sabbaticals to the Office of Academic Affairs at least 30 days prior to the requested sabbatical start date. Sabbaticals during a terminal year of a faculty member’s appointment term are not allowed without an approved exception. Exceptions are rare and require extensive justification, and may or not be granted.
Professoriate faculty are asked to please plan carefully to avoid what are often foreseeable problems, such as loss of accrued sabbatical or loss of continued sabbatical accrual due to reaching the accrual cap. Please see the following link for complete policy information:
Clinician Educator Faculty
Full-time CE faculty at the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor and above earn Professional Development Leave at a rate of 1.167 days per month. CE faculty who are >50% but less than 100% time accrue Professional Development Leave on a pro rata basis. The normal maximum accrual is ten weeks or 70 days. No more than two Professional Development Leaves may be taken in any 5-year period, and the interval between leaves should be at least one year. We are required to submit requests for Professional Development Leave to the Office of Academic Affairs at least 45 days prior to the requested leave start date; please work with Mindy Hantke to complete the application. Please see the following link for complete policy information:
CE Faculty are also eligible for the Staff Training Assistance Program (STAP) funds of $800 per year (pro rated for those who are >50% time but less than 100% time). These funds may be used to reimburse registration fees for courses, seminars, conferences, or workshops related to your professional activities. Additional information is available at the following link:
Sick Leave and Vacation Time
Faculty members are not eligible for vacation or sick leave accrual.
For members of the Professoriate, short absences for personal business, illness, jury duty, military duty, and similarly limited absences normally are with full salary. It is expected that when scheduling periods of personal time off, one's academic responsibilities are taken into consideration and continue to be fulfilled. The Department Chair should be notified in advance of any absence of a faculty member on active duty that may affect class, laboratory, research, or other University commitments, including graduate student supervision. Professoriate faculty with clinical responsibilities are responsible for ensuring appropriate clinical coverage during any absence.
CE faculty are eligible for time off with pay from regularly scheduled service (not including time off due to holiday closure) that can be scheduled throughout the year with departmental approval based on clinical needs, clinical and/or teaching commitment and responsibilities. Time off with pay may be granted up to 22 days per year, pro-rated for the Clinician Educator’s percent time of appointment and start date. Pay in lieu of time off is not possible, nor can unused time off be carried over to the next calendar year, except in unusual circumstances justified by clinical needs of the department. The Chair must approve such exceptions, in advance. Time off with pay has no cash value, and is not paid out in any fashion at the time that employment ends.
Bringing on Consulting or Adjunct Clinical Faculty
Please contact Heather Kenna in the Faculty Affairs Office to discuss your Consulting or Adjunct Clinical Faculty (ACF) needs. Together, you will be able to determine the most appropriate course of action. All Consulting faculty or ACF requests must be first approved by the Chairman before the appointment process may begin.
Research and Professional Development Resources for Faculty
- 2015-2016 Small Grant Program
The new Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Small Grant Program has been designed to promote research and collaborative scholarly projects advancing the academic interests of our faculty and the strategic themes of our department. There are two types of applications that will be considered:
- Pilot Studies
- Small Scholarly Projects - NIMH RDoC Boot Camp
In December 2014, the department held a boot camp focused on the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative and its implications for current and future NIMH grant applications. Download slides
- Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research (SPCTRM)
SPCTRM has a wealth of research resources available to investigators, including biostatistics support, clinical trial planning support, data collection portals (Redcap), and pilot funding. - Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU). This adult and child inpatient and outpatient facility is a fantastic resource for conduct of patient-oriented research.
Clinical and Translational Research Unit - COS Pivot: Stanford University’s searchable database of funding opportunities and scholar profiles: http://pivot.cos.com
* Be sure to set up a COS Pivot account! This will enable both your ability to search for funding opportunities, as well as enable make it possible for others to find you for collaboration! - NIH Guideline on Collaboration & Team Science
https://ccrod.cancer.gov/confluence/download/attachments/47284665/TeamScience_FieldGuide.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1285330231523&api=v2 - NIH website on Collaboration and Team Science
https://ccrod.cancer.gov/confluence/display/NIHOMBUD/Home - AAMC: Challenges and Opportunities for New Collaborative Science Models
https://www.aamc.org/download/121174/data/rtfreport-color.pdf.pdf - Bennet, L.M., Gadlin, H. (2012). Collaboration and team science: from theory to practice. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 60 (5), 768-775.
Pubmed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22525233 - Gray, B. (2008). Enhancing transdisciplinary research through collaborative leadership. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35 (2), S124-S132.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2542584/pdf/nihms-59431.pdf
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Who do I ask about hiring staff?
A. Roxane Meade - (650) 498-4308 / roxanem@stanford.edu
Q. Who do I ask about getting a building keycard/ID?
A. Denise Knab – (650) 723-1147 / denisejk@stanford.edu
Q. Who do I ask about benefits or payroll questions?
A. Roxane Meade - (650) 498-4308 / roxanem@stanford.edu
or Sandra Day - (650) 736-8799 / smday@stanford.edu
or Denise Knab – (650) 723-1147 / denisejk@stanford.edu
Q. How do I submit a PI waiver?
A. Get in touch with Aimee Swanson, PhD, our Director of Research Administration, with your CV, project abstract, and the program announcement. aimnoe@stanford.edu
Q. Who do I contact about a letter of institutional commitment/support for my grant application?
A. Get in touch with Aimee Swanson, PhD, our Director of Research Administration, with your biosketch, project abstract, and the program announcement. aimnoe@stanford.edu
Q. Who do I contact about clinical performance metrics?
A. Get in touch with Bernadette Liu, Director of Clinical Finance and Operations. bliu@stanford.edu
Table of Contents
- School of Medicine Resources (orientation, benefits, etc)
- Training and Reporting Responsibilities of all Professoriate, Clinician Educators, and Instructors
- Hospital Privileges (required) and Billing
- Stanford's Private Practice Policy
- Faculty Evaluations
- Reappointment and Promotion
- Sabbatical (Professoriate) and Professional Development Leave (CE Faculty)
- Sick Leave and Vacation Time
- Bringing on Consulting or Adjunct Clinical Faculty
- Research Resources for Faculty
- Frequently Asked Questions