National recognition for program building at the Associate Professor level includes development of a clinical, educational, or scientific program that is widely recognized as an outstanding model of its kind and/or that has had a substantial impact on the field.

National recognition for program building may be documented by publications, including:

• Substantive and continuous publication in healthcare management journals
• Clinical or training guidelines
• Descriptions and evaluation of innovative educational, basic science or clinical programs
• Support for research, education, or clinical programs

National recognition for scholarship in education, clinical service, and/or program building may be demonstrated through continuing publication of:

• Descriptions of and evaluation of innovative curricula programs, or teaching methods
• Research that addresses educational topics
• Analytic clinical studies
• Clinical applications of basic science
• Invited reviews
• Book chapters
• Monographs
• Clinical observations/case reports
• Patient education materials
• Continuing dissemination of clinical expertise by audio and video learning aids and through computer-based material, and/or evidence of stimulating trainees and colleagues to prepare clinical papers and reviews
• Critical editorship for a journal or a textbook or the development and dissemination of intellectual properties may also be considered