In order to affirm the multiple roles that EVMS faculty (full time salaried, full-time non- salaried; and community faculty) contribute to the school’s mission and vision and for our community, all faculty pursue one pathway toward promotion, using an expanded description of activities in each area that will provide a clear opportunity for promotion of faculty who contribute in one or more areas of faculty endeavor.
The thresholds for promotion are described in three levels, weighted as follows: 1 - competent; 2 - meritorious and 3 – excellent for all four domains of Discovery, Clinical Care, Teaching and Administration. Promotion to professor will require documentation of competence, meritorious or excellence in at least three areas to achieve a total of six ‘points,’ with at least one ‘excellent.’ A detailed description of criteria for each of these levels is provided under the Expertise in the Four Faculty Roles listed below. While these numbers provide explicit guidelines to the appointments and promotion committee, implicit in the tasks of the committee will be the interpretation of the achievements of candidates in each domain of endeavor.
Promotion to Professor will require a sum of domain impact rankings of at least six in three or fewer domains. Promotion would be considered with domain rankings of:
- 3 in two domains
- 3 in one domain, 2 in another domain and 1 in yet another domain
- 2 in three domains would not be considered adequate for promotion
- National or international recognition