VCOM Faculty Handbook

VCOM also provides an administration, supervisors, and a full faculty for each campus including a Campus Dean, Associate Deans, Department Chairs, Discipline Chairs, Department Directors, and other supervisory positions to assure quality programs are delivered and the needs for each campus are met. Each branch campus has a faculty body and staff to assure a quality curriculum is delivered. Each campus has a committee structure to support the campus specific needs and provide representation on College-wide Committees. The following is an overview of the academic administration of the College and the role of administration as they relate to the faculty. President The President serves as the Chief Executive Officer and oversees all campuses and their outcomes. The President's primary responsibility is to provide vision for the College and continuous leadership and direction for the planning and operation of all aspects of the College's programs and services. As the Chief Executive Officer, the President has principal responsibility for the planning, development, implementation, assessment, and improvement of all programs and policies. The President oversees the Vice Presidents in the areas of finance, facilities, information technology, and research, graduate medical education, communications, development and alumni relations, and institutional policy and administrative law. The President works closely with the Provost and Vice Presidents to ensure that the strategic direction and policies of the College are aligned with its mission. In this role, the President also represents the College to the community, state and national educational arenas. The President reports to the Board of Directors and works with the Board in establishing policies to guide the institution. Provost The Provost is the College-wide Chief Academic Officer and oversees the College curriculum, faculty appointments, and other academically related areas. The Provost provides visionary leadership to promote and foster excellence in the academic aspects of the College’s mission. The Provost works in close collaboration with the President, Deans, faculty, and staff in advancing VCOM’s educational mission of teaching, learning, scholarship, and service. The Provost offers energetic, intellectual leadership to the academic community and plays a lead role in the development of vision and strategy for the College. The Provost ensures that VCOM’s greatest priority is academic excellence and the personalized and holistic education of students, in order to develop physicians who will make a positive impact on society. The Provost is responsible to the Board of Directors for College’s academic outcomes and to assure the College programs are consistent across campuses with the highest national standards. The Provost also assures all state and national accreditation standards are met across campuses. The Provost assures the Campus Deans are provided with the needed resources for success. The Provost reports directly to the President. Campus Deans Each Campus has a Dean who is oversees the academic programs of their campus. The Campus Deans are responsible to the President and Provost in assuring the anticipated academic outcomes for their campus are met and to administer the academic budget. In this role, the Campus Deans oversee the Associate Deans in their oversight of the Department Chairs, Discipline Chairs, and faculty in the delivery of the curriculum, assuring the academic program is of the highest standards and assuring consistency of the curriculum across campuses. The Campus Dean is expected to interact with the community, state, and national bodies that are appropriate for the position of Campus Dean, to serve as a leader in their community and the state representing the College, and to develop for approval and oversee the administration of the budget for their campus. Each Campus Dean is also expected to serve as a role model for the VCOM mission through the following: participating in the international and Appalachian/Delta service programs of the College annually, serving as an advocate for rural health in their state, and serving as an advocate for care of medically underserved populations within the state.

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