Elevating Others With Your Words - Letters of Support for Faculty Promotion

The SMHS Center for Faculty Excellence presents Elevating Others with Your Words: A Seminar Series on Letters of Recommendation in Academic Medicine. This series of virtual sessions will have speakers across the GW Academic Medical Enterprise who will provide guidance on a variety of faculty development techniques and standards regarding writing recommendations and letters of support to students and faculty.

This session will cover Letters of Support for Faculty Promotion with guidance on how to write letters for faculty promotion and an overview of the APT process from; Sally Moody, Ph.D., Chair and Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology, and Jillian Catalanotti, MD, Co-Chair of the Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure (APT); Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Management, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Division of General Internal Medicine.

Topics Covered in this session include:

• Discussion on the types of letters that can be written
• Do's and Don'ts of Promotional Letters
• Overview of the APT Process and APT Committee