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Table 1 Academic position descriptions within the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

From: The perceived organizational impact of the gender gap across a Canadian department of medicine and proposed strategies to combat it: a qualitative study

Academic position

Target percentage of professional time in clinical care

Academic focus

Clinician-teacher

60–75%

Teaching and clinical care

Clinician-educator

30–50%

Education research, leadership, and administration

Clinician-investigator

30–50%

Research and related CPAa

Clinician- scientist

10–25%

Research (all types)

Clinician-administrator

0–25%

Senior leadership role at faculty, university, or hospital level

Clinician-quality and innovation specialist

60–75%

Quality improvement, patient safety, and healthcare innovation (includes teaching, research, and CPA)

  1. aCPA refers to creative professional activities, which are activities that demonstrate impact outside of the traditional clinical, research, or education domains [59]