VCOM Faculty Handbook

o Faculty who hold a M.D. or D.O. degree who do not serve as a Clinical Department Chair, who have determined their career path to be in the area of academic teaching in the pre-clinical curriculum on campus, are not required to obtain/maintain medical licensure or board certification for their faculty roles. An example is those faculty who limit their teaching to anatomy, physical diagnosis, technical aspects of procedural skills, basic pathology, or other specific role that does not involve clinical practice or teaching in the clinical setting. o Faculty who have completed their M.D. or D.O. degree outside the United States and whose clinical practice is limited to the international setting must be fully qualified for their positions according to the laws within that country and must meet the country’s standards for medical licensure, board certification, and practice in that setting. These faculty seeking appointment with VCOM must be evaluated by the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and recommended for appointment. Academic Rank Full-time, part-time and adjunct faculty, regardless of track, will be appointed to one of the following academic ranks: • Assistant Instructor • Instructor Assistant Instructor Appointment to the rank of Assistant Instructor is awarded to the following: • One who holds a Bachelors or Master’s degree with expertise in the subject area appropriate to their research and/or the subject being taught, or • who serves as an assistant instructor under a faculty member who oversees their research program. Candidates will have the professional qualifications necessary to contribute to VCOM’s educational mission and will have ongoing responsibility to a specific academic department of VCOM. The faculty member must have been reviewed and have obtained a written endorsement from the Associate Dean for Curriculum, Assessment and Medical Education, the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, or the Associate Dean for OMS 4 and GME and written approval by the Campus Dean as to having the appropriate expertise to teach in their area of expertise (required by accreditation to teach at the doctoral level if holding a Master’s Degree) This title is generally awarded to biomedical graduate assistants with a Master’s degree who may contribute to the curriculum by participation in the educational program by mentoring research. Instructor Appointment to the rank of Instructor requires a minimum of a master’s-level degree or who holds the appropriate terminal degree for a specific health occupation in the case of inter-professional education. The faculty member must have been reviewed and have obtained a written endorsement from the Associate Dean for Curriculum, Assessment and Medical Education, the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, or the Associate Dean for OMS 4 and GME and written approval by the Campus Dean as to having the appropriate expertise to teach in their area of expertise (required by accreditation to teach at the doctoral level if holding a Master’s Degree). • Assistant Professor • Associate Professor • Professor Academic rank will be assigned according to the criteria stated under Faculty Appointments and Promotion and is subject to approval by the appropriate Campus Dean, Provost, and final approval of the Board.

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