Distinguished Foreign Teaching Physician 

Effective August 2006, the Board adopted revisions to Rule 140 involving Distinguished Foreign Teaching Physicians. A candidate for this license type will be required to supply additional documentation supporting their qualifications as a Distinguished Foreign Teaching Physician.
 

Such documentation will include:
 

Enclose a copy of the letter offering you a faculty position. The letter must include the following:

• Reasons international recruitment for this academic faculty position was necessary;
• Proposed role you will have on the academic faculty and the level you will serve;
• The ways in which your qualifications match the factors listed in 1(B) of Board Rule 140;
• Documentation of full time employment;
• Your actual start date for the position offered.

Provide a copy of your current curriculum vitae addressing the following:

• Nature and length of your post graduate medical training in your area of specialty;
• Nature of your prior academic experience, including but not limited to teaching experience, other visiting professorships, professorships in home country;
• Demonstrated teaching ability;
• Nature of your clinical experience and expertise;
• Quality and quantity of your medical publications in books and journals.

Submit a letter addressed to the Board describing how your talents will contribute uniquely to clinical medicine and research in Colorado.
 

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