VCOM Faculty Handbook

Part-time academic track faculty have membership in the VCOM Faculty Assembly, but do not hold voting privileges, and have representation through the VCOM Faculty Senate. However, part-time academic track faculty are not eligible for tenure. Clinical Track Faculty Clinical track faculty are those faculty who teach VCOM students primarily in the clinical setting at a VCOM affiliated core rotation site. While these faculty provide dedicated time to the teaching of VCOM students, their role is limited to the supervision and education of students primarily in the clinical setting and these faculty do not hold significant responsibility to VCOM for teaching, research and scholarly activity, and service. Periodically, these faculty may teach a few lectures on-campus; however, their primary duty is to clinical practice for the clinical employer. Instead of an employment contract, these faculty generally hold: • A contractual agreement for teaching services between the faculty member and VCOM; whereby, the faculty member is paid according to teaching time or services performed in the clinical setting on an annual basis (paid for services provided); or • A contractual agreement with a VCOM affiliated academic health center or medical group who teaches VCOM students in the clinical setting while working for the employer, where the agreement outlines that VCOM must pay the clinical entity for the faculty member’s duties and the faculty member is to be paid by the employer. As, VCOM OMS 4 students may choose from a list of approved electives to participate in, many of which may be at non-core rotation sites, VCOM has established a procedure to review and approve the credentials of physicians at non-core rotation sites to serve as temporary faculty for the rotation. These physicians are reviewed and approved by VCOM in one of the following ways: • Physicians at non-core rotation sites who serve as faculty with an ACGME or military approved residency program are reviewed and approved by VCOM as follows: o ACGME accreditation standards require GME faculty to have appropriate qualifications in their field, hold appropriate institutional appointments, and have current board certification or possess qualifications judged acceptable to the review committee. As such, VCOM accepts the faculty status of physicians in the GME program that have been reviewed and approved by the GME Review Committee for an ACGME accredited residency program to serve as temporary faculty for the VCOM student while on the elective rotation. In addition, physicians supervising military clinical experiences are assured to have appropriate institutional appointments within their facilities and fields. o Students wishing to complete an elective with these faculty must submit their confirmation email of the scheduled rotation to the Director for OMS 4 Clinical Rotations. o The Director for OMS 4 Clinical Rotations confirms that the faculty physician is an appointed faculty member of the GME program. o To assure appropriate qualifications, the Associate Dean for OMS 4 and GME reviews these faculty’s credentials and grants final approval. • Physicians at non-core rotation sites who do not serve as faculty with an ACGME residency program are reviewed and approved by VCOM as follows: o Students wishing to complete an elective with these faculty must submit the “Request to Attend Non-Core Clinical Rotations” form, which includes the name and credentials of the supervising physician and a copy of a current medical license in the state in which they practice with no sanctions. o To assure appropriate qualifications, the Associate Dean for OMS 4 and GME reviews these faculty’s credentials and grants final approval.

For appointment or advancement in rank, clinical track faculty’s teaching and service accomplishments outweigh

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