VCOM Faculty Handbook

8. Proof of prior teaching experience in the classroom or clinical setting (if any) to include: accomplishment in the area of teaching, evaluations of teaching performance conducted by students and/or supervisors, courses/rotations taught, teaching load; and 9. Letter(s) of recommendation: • Academic Track 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 Vice President for Research. • For Clinical Track candidates (preceptors) the review and recommendation letter by the VCOM Discipline Chair and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs will serve as this letter of recommendation. • Resident Clinical Track candidates must submit a letter of recommendation from their residency program director. 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 The Associate Dean, as Division Chair, and the Clinical Discipline Chair (when reviewing clinical track faculty) will review the candidate’s initial application packet. All materials will be reviewed and considered by the Associate

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