College of Medicine Faculty and Staff Employment Services

The Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University Faculty Employment and Personnel Considerations web page outlines important terms and conditions related to faculty employment. Included on the web page are the faculty appointment manual, bylaws, faculty handbook, and ARPT timeline.

Covenant Health Care College of Medicine at Central Michigan University Faculty Employment and Personnel Considerations

Faculty members employed by CMU or CMU Medical Education Partners will be appointed to one of the following tracks:

• Non-tenure track
• Tenure-Track/Tenure

Appointments are generally three years in length; however, depending on the initial appointment date, the initial appointment may vary. Appointments are subject to review and reappointment.

For additional information, please reference the Faculty Appointment Manual found at the link in the above section.

Non-tenure track

Appropriate for the clinician or foundational faculty whose principal activity is engagement in UME, GME, patient care, education, and/or research. These individuals are employed by CMU or CMU Medical Education Partners.

Tenure-track and tenure*

Appropriate for clinical or foundational faculty employed by CMU who is engaged in UME, GME, education, and/or research, with a record of sustained research and scholarship or the demonstrable promise thereof.

*Tenure is only available to faculty employed by Central Michigan University.

Appropriate for teaching professionals not employed by CMU or CMU Medical Education Partners who are engaged in UME education or involved with collaborative research/scholarship. These individuals do not receive additional compensation.

The mission of the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine is to educate diverse students and train culturally competent physicians to provide comprehensive health care and services to underserved populations in Michigan and beyond. Our faculty, staff, and graduates advance health and wellness through exceptional education, innovative research, quality patient care and strategic collaborations to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities.

To accomplish this mission, a new model of distributed community-engaged medical education has been developed by the college. This model relies heavily on community partners in hospitals and physician practices. The hospital partnerships known as Clinical Affiliate Sites are asked to sign the AAMC Uniform Clinical Training Affiliation Agreement, which is critically important because it provides the guidelines for medical students functioning in these locations.

The existence of these partnership agreements allows medical students to:

• Be educated and trained in the environments in which we intend for our graduates to practice.
• Experience high-quality medical practice where initial medical diagnoses most often occur.
• Understand the impact of health care decisions on patients’ families and communities.
• Experience high-quality inter-professional patient care.
• Appreciate the quality of life in the communities they serve.

The medical school has affiliation agreements for hospitals and practices from Saginaw to Midland to Mount Pleasant; from Toledo to Houghton-Hancock and many locations in between. These community partners provide an essential context for the education and training for a new physician.

Benefits for community educator faculty

• Continuing Medical Education – CME credit is available for community educators who teach students. The College also offers a range of live CME events and online courses with many options provided at no cost for community educator faculty.
• Computer access, storage and software – With a CMU Global ID, faculty are provided access to Microsoft Office 365 for email, 1 terabyte of OneDrive file storage and Office Online. A CMU Global ID also enables access to a vast online library collection, covering the medical disciplines and other collections provided through the University library.
• Faculty development – The college offers many regular events to deliver faculty development programming. Physicians can claim CME credit for participating in faculty development activities.
• Faculty awards and recognition – The college hosts an annual faculty recognition event where selected faculty and community educators receive excellence awards for teaching or research. Awards are based on nominations from faculty peers and students.
• Library services – Community educators gain access various library services during their term of appointment.
• No- or low-cost certification courses – Community educators are offered free Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification at no cost, and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification/recertification and other courses at a reduced faculty rate.
• Campus discounts – Community educators receive discounts on CMU athletic season tickets and fitness memberships at the Student Activity Center.

SmartPath Login Information.

All Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine faculty have access to the SmartPath Curriculum Vitae (CV) module at any time and are welcome and encouraged to make CV updates regularly.

SmartPath is also used for workflows, including reappointment, promotion, tenure, and annual faculty evaluations.

Use your CMICH username and password to login.

SmartPath

Overview

The annual academic and performance review is designed to foster ongoing dialog between Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine faculty and discipline chairs (or their designee) emphasizing mutual feedback and professional growth. In accordance with accreditation and best practices these reviews should focus on faculty efforts in clinical, administrative, research, education, and service (CARES model) and professionalism. Another aspect of the performance review is review and alignment of the faculty members’ professional goals and readiness to achieve reappointment, promotion, and tenure (if applicable).