VCOM Faculty Handbook

• Candidates must submit at least one letter of recommendation for initial appointment from the candidate’s direct supervisor. If not currently employed, the candidate must submit a letter of recommendation from the previous supervisor. o If the candidate had prior teaching experience in the classroom or clinical setting, the letter of recommendation must address the candidate’s teaching competence. o Candidates may not use letters from friends, collaborative partners in research, previous trainers with whom a relationship is maintained, or relatives. • Research Track candidates must also submit at a letter of endorsement for initial appointment from the VCOM Associate Vice Provost for Research and the VCOM Vice Provost for Research. A full-or part-time Academic Track candidate seeking initial appointment will submit their completed application packet to the appropriate Associate Dean, who will review the application packet, and will consult with the Associate Dean to determine if any additional information is required. • A biomedical academic track faculty candidate must submit their completed application packet to the Associate Dean for Biomedical Affairs (through the Administrative Assistant). • A clinical academic track faculty candidate must submit their completed application packet to the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (through the Administrative Assistant). A Clinical Track candidate seeking initial appointment will submit their completed application packet to the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (through the Administrative Assistant), who will review the application packet, and will consult with the Associate Dean to determine if any additional information is required. A Research Track candidate seeking initial appointment will submit their completed application packet to the Associate Vice Provost of Research (through the Administrative Assistant), who will review the application packet, and will consult with the Associate Vice Provost to determine if any additional information is required. An Adjunct Track candidate seeking initial appointment will submit their completed application packet to the appropriate Associate Dean. • An Adjunct Track candidate who will teach in the OMS 1 and/or OMS 2 year will submit their completed application packet to the Associate Dean for Medical Education (through the Administrative Assistant). • An Adjunct Track candidate who will teach in the OMS 3 and/or OMS 4 year will submit their completed application packet to the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (through the Administrative Assistant). The Associate Dean will forward the completed application packet to the appropriate Clinical Discipline Chair. The Associate Dean and the Clinical Discipline Chair will review the application packet and will consult with the candidate should any additional information be required. The Review Process for Initial Appointment The Associate Dean, as Division Chair, (and if appropriate the Clinical Discipline Chair) will review the candidate’s initial application packet, and will submit, in writing, to the APT Committee their recommendation for rank and any other recommendations regarding the candidate. The recommendation must outline the reasons upon which the decision was based. The letter must be submitted to the APT Committee prior to the APT Committee meeting in which the candidate will be considered for initial appointment. The Associate Dean will submit the completed application packet to the APT Committee along with their recommendation, in writing, for initial academic rank.

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