Tips For Getting Promoted in an Academic Center

• Don't Panic: Promotion can seem like a monumental task, but it is feasible with appropriate time and planning. If it sneaks up before you realize it, RELAX. Sometimes postponing promotion for a year so that the appropriate documentation can be gathered to increase your success may not be a bad idea, as opposed to sending up information that was haphazardly put together and results in a rejection. — Sharon L. Roble, MD, FACC, assistant professor of clinical medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.