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Policy 3.1.5 Appointment of Clinical
Track Faculty
The Northeast Osteopathic Medical
Education Network shall receive notice of the selection of
faculty through each program as submitted by the residency
program director and/or the Osteopathic Director of Medical
Education. Primary responsibility for the selection and
evaluation of faculty rests with the program. The Board of
Governors shall appoint the faculty by assignment of the
formal process to the Dean of the University of New England
College of Osteopathic Medicine, who shall provide such
appointment and ranks appropriate to the role and duties in
accordance with the following guidelines:
Preamble:
In
recognition of varying roles and responsibilities of
individuals from the health professions who participate in
the educational process at the University of New England
College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) and in the
recognition of the special circumstances of the
service-through-practice inherent in those roles, the
following categories of faculty rank are available for
clinical faculty:
Full
Time:
The definition of "full-time" when used to refer to a
clinical faculty member refers to:
A clinician contracted as a UNE employee with a regular
full-time position.
This person enjoys the rights and responsibilities
designated in UNE's Personnel and Faculty Handbooks.
Regular Full-Time clinical faculty members are covered by
UNECOM's and the university's formal reappointment and
promotion guidelines, or
B. A clinician designated by the Dean as having
on-going and full-time responsibility for the development,
delivery, and evaluation of the College's curriculum, and
who participates in College service and/or scholarship.
Normally applying to clinical department chairs, Clinical
Training Center Discipline Directors, or Directors of
Osteopathic Medical Education and Program Directors at the
Northeast Osteopathic Medical Education Network (NEOMEN)
contracted facilities, this individual enjoys only
the rights and responsibilities as defined by contract.
Criteria for the assignment of rank will be at the
discretion of the Dean, in accord with the general
principles for rank defined under the Clinical categories
listed below, but will be listed as:
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor.
Such faculty will have non-tenured-track appointments
Half
Time:
A clinician contracted as a UNE employee in a position
budgeted as a regular half-time position.
This individual enjoys the rights and responsibilities as
designated by the UNE personnel policy and provisions of the
Faculty Handbook.
Reappointment and promotion decisions will be managed in
accord with UNECOM's and UNE's formal reappointment and
promotion process.
Adjunct:
A part-time clinical faculty member at any rank who is a
member in good standing in the medical staff of a NEOMEN
contracted facility or who is contracted to teach courses,
provide lectures, provide clinical instruction, or meet
additional responsibilities as designated by the Dean on an
occasional or less than year-long basis.
This category includes visiting lecturers and experiential
faculty who have a specific responsibility to the UNECOM
educational process but are not designated as half-time or
full-time as defined above.
Clinicians who are adjunct will have the designation
"clinical" precede their rank.
Non-clinicians who are adjunct will have the designation
"adjunct" precede their rank.
Rank:
Faculty rank for full and half-time appointments will be
as described in the UNE Faculty Handbook, and as
follows:
Clinicians
with full-time or half-time appointments will be designated
by rank and department of appointment, e.g., Assistant
Professor of Internal Medicine or Professor of Surgery
Clinicians
with full-time or half-time appointments in clinical
training locations, e.g., Clinical Training Centers or in
affiliated residency training programs, will be designated
by rank and clinical department of appointment, e.g.,
Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine or
Professor of Clinical Surgery.
Clinicians with adjunct appointments
will be designated as "clinical", e.g., Clinical Assistant
Professor of Family Practice, Clinical Professor of
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, or Clinical Instructor in
Community Medicine (faculty members who are not full- or
half-time regular employees of the University, and whose
teaching involvements are off-campus--usually indicating a
preceptor or clerkship relationship to the institution).
Appointment of Clinical
Faculty:
Faculty appointments are made by the College of
Osteopathic Medicine's Dean of Academic Affairs, upon
recommendation of the Associate Dean of Clinical
Affairs.
The rank conferred at the time of initial appointment will
depend upon the level of professional education, rank
achieved at other institutions, educational experience,
scholarship, and/or other appropriate distinctions.
The Academic Dean may grant exemptions
from these guidelines.
For instance, an individual holding a rank at another AOA or
LCME/ACGME-accredited institution shall be awarded rank
commensurate with that appointment.
The applicant for appointment will provide evidence of
competency in one or more of the following areas: commitment
to teaching in the classroom or experiential setting;
scholarly achievement in such areas as publication,
research, or invited presentations; service to University
and/or community; professional practice proficiency.
The designations are as follows:
PROFESSOR: A faculty member with
more than twelve (12) years teaching experience of 20 hours
or more on a consistent basis and board-certified or having
been entitled "Fellow" in a recognized professional
college.
Furthermore, this candidate will be evaluated for a
demonstrated commitment to 1) teaching in the classroom
and/or experiential setting, 2) community and/or university
service, 3) professional practice proficiency and 4)
scholarly achievement.
Demonstration of significant research and/or publication in
recognized professional journals/books is required, in
addition to performance in two other areas.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: A faculty
member usually with more than nine (9) years teaching
experience of 20 hours or more per year and board
certification in a specialty service.
Furthermore, this candidate will be evaluated for a
demonstrated commitment to 1) teaching in the classroom
and/or experiential setting, 2) community and/or university
service, 3) professional practice proficiency, and 4)
scholarly achievement.
Demonstration of significant research and/or publication in
recognized professional journals/books is desirable, but not
required.
Demonstrated performance in at least three areas must be
met.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: A facultv
member usually with more than three (3) years of teaching
service at UNECOM of more than 10 hours per year and board
eligible in a specialty service. Furthermore, this candidate
will be evaluated for a demonstrated commitment to 1)
teaching in the classroom and/or experiential setting, 2)
community and/or university service, 3) professional
practice proficiency and 4) scholarly achievement.
Demonstration of research and/or publication in recognized
professional journals/books is desirable, but not
required.
Demonstrated performance in at least two areas must be
met.
INSTRUCTOR: A faculty member
with a terminal degree and/or graduate training and/or
teaching experience in the appropriate field.
Furthermore, this candidate should demonstrate community
service and professional service.
LECTURER: A faculty member with
teaching responsibility for a limited but regular portion of
the medical curriculum (approximately 10 hours per year or
less).
Furthermore, this candidate should demonstrate community
service and professional service.
Candidates requesting a designation or
change in designation must submit a request in writing along
with the following materials to the Associate Dean for
Clinical Affairs:
A current curriculum vita.
A letter outlining achievements in teaching; scholarly
achievement; professional proficiency; and University and
community service, especially related to UNECOM.
One letter of support, preferably from a person currently
ranked by UNECOM at or above the rank desired.
Documentation of fellowship/residency, scholarship (e.g.,
publications), or other materials as applicable.
Letter of support from the Department Chair/Clinical
Training Center Director or immediate supervisor, attesting
to the applicant's credentials.
APPROVED BY THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
4-05-01
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS 5-3-01
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