VCOM Faculty Handbook

Adjunct faculty members are responsible for the quality of their instruction as it is a part of the VCOM curriculum.

Adjunct faculty do not have membership in the VCOM Faculty Assembly, do not have representation through the VCOM Faculty Senate, are not eligible for tenure, and are not eligible for VCOM benefits.

Faculty Appointment to an Academic Rank Academic appointment is a peer-review process wherein candidates are judged against specific standards that are in alignment with the College and criteria from certain national standards. These guidelines are intended to broadly define the minimum performance levels associated with the academic ranks between Assistant Instructor and Professor. Board Certification and Medical Licensure Requirements Board Certification Requirements have changed throughout the years and so different levels of Board Certification are appropriate and are according to the year of graduation, to the area of teaching, and to the location of the teaching. • Clinical Track Faculty who teach in the patient care environment at a VCOM affiliated core rotation site must: o hold a current medical license in the state in which they practice with no sanctions; and o have had AOA or ABMS board certification/board eligibility in the specialty being taught at some time in their career. Board eligibility is defined as having a pathway toward board certification or re-certification. • Temporary faculty who teach in the patient care environment at a non-core rotation site must: o hold a current medical license in the state in which they practice with no sanctions. o It is preferred that these faculty have had AOA or ABMS board certification/board eligibility in the specialty being taught at some time in their career; however, it is not required. • Clinical Department Chairs, regardless of whether they teach in the patient care environment, must: o have an active medical license in the state in which they practice with no sanctions; and o have an active AOA or ABMS board certification in their specialty. • Clinical faculty who have been designated by VCOM as Primary Care Leadership, regardless of whether they teach in the patient care environment, must: o have an active medical license in the state in which they practice with no sanctions; and o have an active AOA or ABMS board certification in a primary care discipline (family medicine, internal medicine, or pediatrics. • The Chair of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, regardless of whether they teach in the patient care environment, must: o have an active medical license in the state in which they practice with no sanctions; and o have an active board certification from the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (AOBNMM) or a Certificate of Special Proficiency in OMM (C-SPOMM). • When state medical licensure requires board certification, Clinical Track Faculty, who teach in the patient care environment, are expected to maintain board certification through recertification, maintenance of certification, or grandfathered permanent certification.

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