O'pt Holt T B
Respiratory Therapy Division, School of Allied Medical Professions, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
J Allied Health. 1991 Fall;20(4):245-54.
Most allied health faculty are practitioners who hold a master's degree. Consequently, they may not be prepared to face the rigorous criteria of the tenure system. A study was conducted to identify the demographic characteristics of allied health units, their tenure policies, the criteria for tenure, and any trends in tenure. Deans and directors of 310 allied health units were surveyed and 47.0% responded. In general, allied health tenure policy is drafted by faculty, then sent to the administration for approval. The availability of alternatives to tenure, tenure fractions, and requirements for tenure vary with institutional type. Allied health units reported a tenure fraction of 35.5%, compared to 58.2% for campuses in general. Most of the survey respondents agreed that there is a trend toward increasing the rigor of tenure criteria, and that this trend will come from both within and outside of allied health. As allied health faculty become more involved with research, their tenure fraction will increase and their policies for tenure will more closely conform to those of other units within the parent institution.
大多数专职医疗教员都是拥有硕士学位的从业者。因此，他们可能没有准备好面对终身教职制度的严格标准。开展了一项研究，以确定专职医疗单位的人口统计学特征、其终身教职政策、终身教职标准以及终身教职的任何趋势。对310个专职医疗单位的院长和主任进行了调查，47.0%的人做出了回应。总体而言，专职医疗终身教职政策由教员起草，然后送交行政部门批准。终身教职的替代方案、终身教职比例以及终身教职要求因机构类型而异。专职医疗单位报告的终身教职比例为35.5%，而整个校园的这一比例为58.2%。大多数调查受访者一致认为，存在提高终身教职标准严格程度的趋势，而且这一趋势将来自专职医疗领域内外。随着专职医疗教员更多地参与研究，他们的终身教职比例将会增加，其终身教职政策将更紧密地符合母体机构内其他单位的政策。
