Procedures for Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure

Faculty Designations

Community-Based Faculty
Contractual Faculty Designation
University Title Series: Voluntary or Adjunct

A Community-Based Faculty member is a person, usually a physician, whose primary professional work is conducted outside the University but who has made a commitment of time to teaching, service, or other activity in the College of Medicine. These faculty members usually are involved in educating medical students, residents, and health professions students in clinical settings external to the University's facilities, but they also may be involved in medical administration, clinical research, health policy, etc. A Community-Based Faculty person is usually a member of a clinical department.

The Community-Based Faculty designation is contractual in nature. These faculty members usually are assigned to the University's Voluntary Series but may have Adjunct Series appointments.

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