Resources

These resources will help you prepare for the Continuing Faculty Appointment Review process. For more details on the process/timeline, deadlines, and required documentation, please see the relevant pages.

Elements

• Log in to Elements -- utoronto.elements.symplectic.org - Access your profile using your UTORid credentials.
• Elements Profile Management Checklist - Start here to set up and manage your profile step by step.
• Elements CPA Management Checklist --Use this checklist to begin curating your CPA activities before generating a report
• Elements Data Entry Guides:
  1. Elements TFoM CV Report – A Data Entry Guide 
  2. Elements TFoM CPA Report – A Data Entry Guide
  3. Elements TFoM Teaching and Education Report (TER) - A Data Entry Guide 

To support faculty in becoming familiar with the Elements platform, the MedIT Elements Team is offering a series of online training sessions from March to May 2026. Sessions include:

• Introduction to Elements – March 10
• Elements Foundations for TFoM – March 24
• Reporting Part 1 (AAR & CPA) – April 7
• Reporting Part 2 (TER & Data Summary) – April 21
• Four drop-in Q&A sessions aligned with each training module

Register Now! All sessions run from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Session recordings will also be available on the MedIT website.

CFAR Writing Resources

• Google Scholar setup and calculating your H-Index

General Reference Documents

• Academic Position Descriptions
• Procedures Manual for Clinical Faculty
• CFAR Committee Terms of Reference

If you have any questions regarding the Continuing Faculty Appointment Review process please contact us at dom.cfar@utoronto.ca.