Faculty appointment and promotion in Taiwan's medical schools, a systematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A rigorous faculty appointment and promotion (FAP) system is vital for the success of any academic institution. However, studies examining the FAP system in Asian universities are lacking. We surveyed the FAP policies of Taiwan's medical schools and identified an overreliance on the CJA score (manuscript Category, Journal quality, and Author order). The potential shortcomings of this metric and recommendations for refinement were discussed.

Methods

We obtained the FAP documents from all 12 medical schools in Taiwan, and analyzed their use of traditional versus non-traditional criteria for FAP according to a published methodology. The influence of the journal impact factor (JIF) on the FAP process was quantified by comparing its relative weight between papers with

SUBMITTER: Yeh JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9088140 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature