University of Washington School of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine

Steps in the appointment process:

1. Application package with letter of recommendation from the residency program director, clerkship coordinator or course coordinator is submitted to Family Medicine chair
Common errors made in completing application:
• Residency satellite site director submits package directly to the chair without first submitting package to his/her program director for concurrence and letter of recommendation
• Second page of the biography form is not filled out
• Missing signatures
• CV is missing
• Copy or fax submitted
• Board certification information is missing
• No clear explanation of faculty contribution to the program or the number of hours they are involved
2. Approval by the chair
3. Review and vote by Family Medicine Appointments and Promotions Committee
4. Specialty physicians review and concurrence of specialty department chair
5. Vote by Family Medicine faculty
6. Application package with chair's letter of recommendation is submitted to Dean of School of Medicine for approval and forwarding to UW Academic Personnel Office
7. Provost and Board of Regents approval
8. Department enters clinical faculty information in University of Washington personnel database. At this point the applicant is eligible for UW services
9. Appointment confirmation is mailed to the new faculty member
10. Id card with employee identification number and personal access code is mailed to new faculty member
11. Information package is mailed to new faculty by the Health Sciences Library