VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #F007

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Policy Order No.: Effective Date:

F007

November 30, 2001 November 11, 2022

Revised:

Signature on File

____________________________________ Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O. President and Provost ____________________________________________________________________________________ VCOM Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Policy and Procedures ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1. PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................................2 2. FACULTY CLASSIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................2 2.1 Academic Track Faculty, Full-time............................................................................................2 2.2 Academic Track Faculty, Part-time............................................................................................3 2.3 Clinical Track Faculty ................................................................................................................3 2.4 Research Track Faculty ..............................................................................................................4 2.5 Adjunct Faculty ..........................................................................................................................5 3. APPOINTMENT , PROMOTION , AND TENURE ..............................................................................................5 3.1 Board Certification and Medical Licensure Requirements .........................................................5 3.2 Academic Rank ...........................................................................................................................6 3.2.1 Assistant Instructor ............................................................................................................. 6 3.2.2 Instructor ............................................................................................................................. 7 3.2.3 Assistant Professor.............................................................................................................. 7 3.2.4 Associate Professor ............................................................................................................. 8 3.2.5 Professor ............................................................................................................................. 8 3.3 The Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee .............................................................. 9 3.4 Initial Faculty Appointment ......................................................................................................10 3.4.1 The Application Process for Initial Appointment ........................................................... 11 3.4.2 The Review Process for Initial Appointment .................................................................. 13 3.5 Temporary Initial Appointment.................................................................................................16 3.6 Appointment of VA and Military Physicians ........................................................................... 16 3.7 Appointment Re-Credentialing................................................................................................. 17 3.8 Appointment Re-Activation...................................................................................................... 17 3.9 Faculty Promotion in Academic Rank ......................................................................................17 3.9.1 Faculty Performance and Service Expectations for Promotion to the Ranks of............... 18 Instructor, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor.................................................. 18 3.9.2 Faculty Performance and Service Expectations for Promotion to the Rank of ................ 20 Professor ........................................................................................................................... 20 3.10 Tenure .................................................................................................................................... 21 3.11 The Process of Applying for Promotion in Rank or Tenure .................................................. 23 3.11.1 Initiation for Promotion in Academic Rank .................................................................... 23 3.11.2 Initiation for Tenure ........................................................................................................ 23 3.11.3 Faculty Portfolio.............................................................................................................. 24

VCOM Faculty Appointments and Promotion Policy

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