Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

Application reviews are based on demonstrated clinical excellence and expertise, consistently high quality of patient care, professionalism and communication, leadership potential, ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, students and administrators, and continuous service to the Baylor community.

To be eligible you must be a full-time instructor or assistant professor engaged in patient care for at least 50 percent of the time or a part-time instructor or assistant professor engaged in patient care for at least 75 percent of his or her allocated part-time.

You must be in support of our clinical mission (refer to the FAQs) with at least two years and not more than six years of clinical service as a Baylor College of Medicine faculty member. If administrative, educational, quality and scholarship activities are based on clinical patient care and clinical excellence, the effort can be included in patient care activities. * (View below specifications.)

Candidates may self-nominate. However, all nominations must be approved and submitted to the selection committee by the faculty member's section chief, chair, medical director or center director.

*Please Note:

1. Years before completion of a fellowship or other advanced training should not be counted as part of the total number of years as a faculty member, even when the individual had a co-appointment as a fellow and an instructor or assistant professor during that time period.
2. If prior clinical faculty experience outside Baylor combined with faculty experience at Baylor (total faculty time at all institutions) equals or exceeds six or more years on the date of the portfolio due date, the faculty should be nominated for the STAR award not the Early Career Faculty Award.

Do not include any patient letters (current or historical letters, notes, cards or documents from patients or patients’ family members) regardless of redaction of personal information. It is, however, acceptable to include historical letters or documents from nurses, trainees, employees/staff that have been received in the past. Applicants and required to ensure and attest that such support letters do not contain references to patient information or identifiers. Also, redact information related to personal information of peers or colleagues.

The following documents will need to be submitted to the online management system in pdf format:

• Nomination letter from section chief, chair, medical director or center director (download example)
• Curriculum Vitae (BCM format).
• Personal statement of clinical expertise (maximum 500 words)
• Up to five letters of recommendation from providers, institutional leaders, consultants, administrators, and/or community leaders. Letters should reflect diverse viewpoints and describe clinical excellence from a variety of perspectives.
• Note: Do not include any patient or family letters regardless of redaction of patient identifiers.
• Faculty Awards for Excellence in Patient Care portfolio (download here).
• Example of a completed Early Career Patient Care portfolio
• Up to 10 pages of supporting material that provides documentation of activities described in portfolio. Note that the portfolio will need to be completed to reflect the candidate's excellence in patient care, without deferring to CV.
• Note: Do not leave the portfolio sections blank using statements like "please refer to CV". Portfolios will be used for rating and should be able to stand alone. 

To learn more about the scoring process view the Scoring Sheet Example. For further information, visit Frequently Asked Questions. For help navigating the application portal, visit a brief guide with login instructions.