VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #F007

• Sustained professional service by the biomedical faculty to the community representing VCOM or the faculty member’s title with VCOM • Sustained professional service by the biomedical faculty to state and national organizations representing VCOM or the faculty member’s title with VCOM. 3.8.2 Faculty Performance and Service Expectations for Promotion to the Rank of Professor While the below comprehensive list outlines the contributions regarding performance for those who seek a Professor status, they do not exclude all other considerations. Evidence of accomplishment beyond this list should be accepted and reviewed as to the impact on VCOM, the osteopathic profession, or the field of health professions as a whole. The administration, the Board, and division leaders promote the innovation and efforts by faculty to lead in the many arenas that affect science and health. Demonstration of such leadership should be submitted for consideration. Accomplishment should be in many of the areas below to achieve Professor rank. Examples of criteria used in evaluating sustained accomplishment include, but are not limited to, the following: Sustained Teaching Effectiveness: • Teaching experience of significant time commitment with sustained positive evaluations by learners and demonstrating teaching effectiveness and positive evaluations by supervisors. • Doctorate or expected terminal degree with evidence of continued education to maintain the most current knowledge. • Clinical faculty must demonstrate completion of residency and/or specialty training (after 1990) with original board certification accomplished for Clinical Faculty teachers. (Maintenance of certification may apply to fields that require such certifications and/or must show sustained continuing education to maintain educational expertise). • Additional training and/or degrees that advance the educational programs are considered (including but not limited to faculty development fellowships, health policy fellowships, teaching degrees or fellowships) • Expertise and sustained positive performance as a course director or administrator of an educational program. • Creation of original high quality educational materials used by VCOM in the delivery educational programs. • Creation of high-quality educational materials used by the educational world outside of VCOM may also be considered for promotion to Professor. • Sustained performance that includes educational presentations at local, regional and national continuing medical education (CME) programs or national medical educational meetings apply as well as recognized sustained innovative contributions to medical education knowledge. Sustained Research and Scholarly Activity: • Sustained quality and significant quantity of publications over a period of time. • Sustained VCOM research with a history of accomplishment through publications of original scholarly work in peer-reviewed professional journals. (letters to

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