Transcript New Faculty Orientation Welcome Welcome to Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine! We are honored that you have chosen to become a.

New Faculty Orientation
Welcome
Welcome to Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine! We
are honored that you have chosen to become a part of our faculty family.
Starting out at a new institution can be simultaneously exciting and
inherently disorienting, but we want you to know that we are here to help
make that transition as smooth as possible.
We have many resources, programs, and opportunities to support your
faculty position and to help you become accomplished, productive, and
successful in your chosen areas of endeavor, including teaching, research,
service, and clinical care. The Office of Faculty Development, in particular,
provides you with many of these resources
Dr. Robert Foldberg, Dean
OUWB School of Medicine
A Brief History
Oakland University (Oakland) and Beaumont Hospital (Beaumont) were founded at
approximately the same time, half a century ago, in close proximity to each other and in a
region of greater Detroit.
Oakland is one of 15 public universities in Michigan and has an enrollment exceeding
18,000 students and a Carnegie classification of doctoral/research university-intensive.
Beaumont is a three-hospital regional healthcare provider and is now a 1700-bed tertiary
care, teaching, research and referral hospital system.
In January 2007, Oakland and Beaumont submitted a letter of intent to the LCME to
initiate the formal process of accrediting a new allopathic medical school.
The initiative was approved by both the Beaumont Hospital Board of Directors and the
Oakland University Board of Trustees on July 31, 2008.
Accreditation
The Oakland University William Beaumont School of
Medicine has been granted preliminary accreditation by
the LCME (Liaison Committee on Medical Education).
Oakland University is accredited by the Higher Learning
Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and
Universities.
Our Mission
Our mission is accomplished through a student-centered
approach to biomedical education, a patient-centered approach
to the delivery of health care, and a focus on highly original
research that includes the biomedical sciences and extends
beyond the laboratory to all disciplines that impact the health
of patients and their communities.
The Vision
The Oakland University William Beaumont School of
Medicine will be recognized by its students and faculty
members - and by their peers in the global medical
community - as a premier educational environment for
individuals to become physicians and to study medicine
throughout their lives, to transform the practice of medicine
through research, and to lead in promoting, maintaining,
and restoring health to individuals and communities served
by the school and its graduates.
Our Goals
1. To achieve and sustain excellence in medical education, research, and patient care.
2. To lead the evolution of physician training toward a competency-based education,
embracing the dimensions of biomedical sciences, social and behavioral sciences,
diversity, and the art and practice of medicine.
3. To value the medical educator, mindful of the role that biomedical scientists and
physicians play as communicators and teachers.
4. To inspire all students and their teachers to ask significant questions that can be
addressed through careful investigation, thereby transforming the practice of medicine.
5. To create a dynamic exchange of ideas between medical scholars and colleagues in
other disciplines, acknowledging the potential contributions of many fields to the
improvement of healthcare.
6. To embrace partnerships that promote the development of novel technologies to
advance medicine.
7. To affirm that the patient is the focus of our activities.
8. To serve our community through the faithful execution of our mission
Our Administration
Vonda Douglas-Nikitin,
MD,
Linda Gillum, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean for
Academic and Faculty
Affairs
Cheryl Verbruggen, MBA
Asst Dean for Diversity &
Mulitcultural Affairs
Nelia Afonso, MD,
Asst Dean for Community
& Global Outreach
Asst Vice Dean for
Business Administration
Dr. Robert Folberg,
Founding Dean
Robert Novia, Ph. D.,
Associate Dean of
Medical Education
Robert McAuley, Ph.D,
Associate Dean for
Educational Techonology
Christina Gabowski, MSA,
Angela Nuzzearello,
M.D.,MHPE Associate
Dean of Student Affairs
Asst Dean for Admissions
Krista Malley, Ph.D.
Asst Dean for Student
Services
Understanding Your Faculty
Appointment
The Four Elements of a Faculty Appointment
Academic Units
Types of Appointments
Focus
The Four Elements of a Faculty
Members Appointment
1. Academic Unit
2. Appointment Type
3. Rank
4. Focus
Academic Units
The School is composed of the following academic units:
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Program in Biomedical Education
Program in Medical Information Literacy
Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Neurology
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Radiation Oncology
Department of Radiology
Department of Surgery
Program in Cardiovascular Medicine
Program in Oncology
Academic Unit Appointment
 Faculty members will be appointed to at least one academic unit.
 Faculty members may belong to more than one academic unit.
 The School will designate one unit as the “primary appointment”.
 All other appointments shall be designated as “secondary”.
 A faculty member can only hold one rank across all unit
appointments.
Types of Appointments
A. A standard Appointment-
Standard appointments are
time-limited and are not tenure track appointments. In clinical departments
the length of appointment is established by Beaumont.
B. A pre-tenure (probationary) appointment- A pretenure appointment is also known as a probationary and is offered to
faculty members who demonstrate exceptional potential in a particular
academic focus.
C. An appointment with tenure- An appointment with
tenure recognizes an exceptional level of academic achievement at the rank
of Associate Professor and Professor.
Ranks
Three Ranks are recognized in the School of Medicine:
1. Assistant Professor
2. Associate Professor
3. Professor
The School of Medicine may periodically utilize Adjunct Faculty members,
which recognize academic affiliations and collaborations with the School of
Medicine with out the responsibilities and privileges of faculty members with
standard, pre-tenured or tenured appointments.
Focus
Each faculty member is required to declare an academic focus.
A.Investigator –This academic focus is reserved for individuals whose academic
activities are at least 80% dedicated to basic, translational, or clinical research.
B.Educator- This focus is available to faculty members with standard, pre-tenure
(probationary) and tenured appointments. Master Educators within the department of
Biomedical Education or the Program in Medical Information Literacy must declare the
educator focus.
C.Clinician- This academic focus is appropriate for faculty members whose
scholarship is expressed in the application of the art and science of medicine to the care
of patients.
Focus Cont.
C. Clinician Educator- This academic focus is appropriate for faculty members
who have significant roles in medical student, resident and fellow education. It
is appropriate for clerkship directors, course directors, residency program
directors, and others who assume leadership roles in clinical education to
declare this focus.
D. Clinician-Investigator- This academic focus is appropriate for faculty
members who conduct research in the context of the clinical practice of
medicine, or who combine the practice of medicine with basic or translational
science research activities.
For more information regarding faculty appointments, promotions and
tenure please refer to the Faculty Handbook which is available on the
School of Medicine’s website.
Benefits Overview
 Medical Insurance
 Dental Insurance
 Optical Insurance
 Life Insurance
 Collective Life
Insurance
 Accidental Death &
Dismemberment
 Holiday Pay
 Vacation Pay
 Sick Leave
 Bereavement
 Long Term Disability
 Multiple Option
Retirement
 Retiree Healthcare
 Tuition & Career
Development
Detailed Benefits Summary
Medical Insurance: SOM faculty who are scheduled to work a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week may choose from two
BCBSM Community Blue PPOs, Blue Care Network Healthy Blue Living HMO, Health Alliance Plan Health Engagement HMO and
Priority Health HealthbyChoice Incentives HMO medical plans. Medical insurance is effective the 1st of the month following thirty
(30) days of employment. The University pays the lowest cost HMO amount for the SOM faculty and their covered dependents.
Faculty pays any excess for other options.
Dental Insurance:
Delta Dental insurance is available at no cost for all full-time SOM faculty and their covered dependents. The
dental plan is a comprehensive plan that covers preventive, basic, major and orthodontic benefits for the entire family. Annual benefit
is $1,000 per covered person. Orthodontic benefit is $1,500 lifetime per eligible dependent. Dental insurance is effective the 1st of
the month following thirty (30) days of employment.
Optical Insurance:
Oakland University provides, at no cost to SOM faculty who are scheduled to work a minimum of twenty (20)
hours per week and their covered dependents, coverage through Co-Op Optical or Blue Cross/Blue Shield Vision. Eligible SOM faculty
may enroll in the plan when first hired or during an annual open enrollment period. The benefit provides for an eye examination, with
lenses if needed, and new frames every twenty-four (24) months. Under the Co-Op plan, you can receive an annual eye exam. Optical
insurance is effective the 1st of the month following thirty (30) days of employment.
Life Insurance:
Oakland University provides each SOM faculty who are scheduled to work a minimum of twenty (20) hours per
week with term life insurance in an amount equal to one (1) times their annual base salary, subject to age reductions starting at age
sixty-five (65). Oakland University also offers additional optional life insurance coverage. All premiums for such additional coverage
are paid by the employee. Life insurance is effective the 1st of the month following thirty (30) days of employment.
Benefits Summary Continued
Collective “Additional”: The University provides the full-time SOM faculty with two (2) units of decreasing term Life Insurance:
life
insurance as Life Insurance underwritten by Mutual of Omaha. The dollar value of this coverage is determined by the age of the insured and
decreases as age advances. Coverage ceases at age seventy (70). Detailed literature is available from the Benefit and Compensation
Services Office. Premiums for this coverage are fully paid by the University, but an application is required within sixty (60) days following
employment.
Accidental Death and Dismemberment:
SOM faculty who are scheduled to work a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week and their
dependents may elect to purchase accidental death and dismemberment insurance through Mutual of Omaha. All premiums for such
additional insurance coverage will be paid by the employee. An application must be completed within sixty (60) days of employment or
during an open enrollment period. Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance (AD&D) is effective the 1st of the month following
thirty (30) days of employment.
Holidays: The following holidays are observed: Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day and the day after;
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day; and the “work days” between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Leave Accruals:
For the first six (6) months of employment, a full-time SOM faculty member accrues vacation leave at a rate of 8.00
hours per month. Thereafter, the full-time employee accrues vacation leave at the rate of 14.67 hours per month. Sick time for full-time
employees is up to one-hundred thirty (130) work days per year based on years of service. Personal time for full-time employees is twentyfour (24) hours per year effective each July 1 and prorated for new hires.
Benefits Summary Continued
Salary Continuation and Long Term Disability: A SOM faculty member can request additional paid sick leave by reason of disability after
they have exhausted all Long Term Disability other accrued paid absence time or sick leave, vacation leave and personal leave days.
A long-term disability plan is provided for all SOM faculty who are scheduled to work a minimum of thirty (30) hours per week. Long
Term Disability insurance (LTD) is effective the 1st of the month following thirty (30) days of employment. After six (6) months of total
disability the plan provides a monthly benefit of 60% of your base monthly earnings or up to a maximum monthly benefit of $5,000.
While you are receiving disability benefits, reduced university contributions will be made to your existing Employer Sponsored
Retirement Plan for you. However, you must have been a participant in the plan at the start of disability. Premiums for this coverage will
be paid by the University.
Multiple Option Retirement: Oakland University provides all SOM faculty the option of participating in the Multiple Option Retirement
Program. Part-time employees working 20-29 hours per week must wait four (4) years; part-time employees working 30-39 hours per
week must wait three (3) years. If SOM faculty fail to enroll when first eligible, they may enroll at any time thereafter, but participation
cannot be made retroactive. Two tax-deferred, defined contribution retirement plans are currently available: TIAA-CREF and Fidelity.
Oakland University contributes 15% of base salary on a monthly basis for participating non-tenured SOM faculty and 16% of base salary
on a monthly basis for participating tenured SOM faculty. The University provides SOM faculty the option of investing, at their expense,
in supplemental retirement tax-deferred vehicles.
Tuition/Career Development:
A SOM faculty member may enroll in any Oakland University credit courses. No tuition shall be
charged for such enrollment, but usual fees shall be charged. The spouse of any full-time SOM faculty member, and/or dependent
children less than twenty-five (25) years of age, if admitted to the University through its normal procedures, may enroll in any credit
courses. No tuition shall be charged for any enrollments, but usual fees shall be charged. This benefit is administered through the Office
of Academic Affairs and Provost. There is no tuition reimbursement for OUWBSOM classes.
Medical Library
The Medical Library provides the OUWB learning community with the spaces,
resources, services and instruction that enable students to achieve the
information mastery necessary for excellence in patient care, teaching and
research.
The Medical Library is located within OU's Kresge Library, with the same
hours.
The library's collection is mainly electronic, comprising thousands of online
books, journals and databases.
Key resources include: AccessMedicine, MDConsult, Stat!Ref and UpToDate.
Services for faculty include: mediated searches, resource location and
acquisition, assistance with adding links to Moodle and copyright clearance,
and creation of course specific web pages.
Activating Accounts
Technology plays an important role in the management of your academic life.
Through your SAIL and OU email accounts, you will receive important information
about:
Grades
Student bills
Financial aid status
Class registration
Campus news and events
Activate both your SAIL and OU email accounts by following these instructional
videos. You will need your Grizzly ID Number (found in your acceptance letter). If
you do not have your Grizzly ID Number, contact Undergraduate Admissions at
(248) 370-3360.
Working Hours and Time Reporting
Hours of Work
General Policy. Faculty are not hourly employees, however, the established regular hours of
work for a full-time faculty member shall normally be 40 hours per workweek.
Determining Hours of Work. Work time includes all time that the faculty member spends
productively engaged on the job, or is required or permitted to be at the place of work
performing the official business of for the School of Medicine. Administrators have the right to
schedule work time of faculty members under their charge and to modify that schedule as the
needs of OUWB may require.
Faculty members are required to submit an exception leave report containing leave time taken
on a monthly basis. Each faculty member shall record actual hours worked through Web Time
Entry for each pay period during which any time is worked. The faculty member’s administrative
supervisor will certify that the reported hours are correct.
FAQ’s
Who do I refer to regarding questions about my employment?
You should contact the Director of Faculty Affairs & Professional Development with any
questions regarding your employment.
Where is Faculty Affairs located?
Faculty Affairs is located on the 5th floor of O’Dowd Hall.
What are the office hours for Faculty Affairs?
We are available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Who is my immediate supervisor?
All faculty members have a direct reporting structure to the Chair of the Department
who reports to the Dean of the School of Medicine. Faculty members holding
administrative positions may have variable reporting relationships.
When will I be paid?
School of Medicine Faculty members are paid on a monthly basis on the last working day
of the month.
FAQ’s Continued
When will I be eligible for my benefits?
Generally, benefits become effective the first of the month following 30 days of
employment.
When is open enrollment for my benefits?
Oakland University holds its open enrollment in late October or November. Please watch
for e-mails and the News @ OU for updates.
Whom do I contact if I have benefits questions?
Please contact the Office of Benefit and Compensation Services. They are located in 401
Wilson Hall and can be reached by phone at (248) 370-4207.
I cannot access my Grizzly ID, E-mail, or SAIL account. My computer is down. Whom
should I contact?
Please contact the Helpdesk Technician for the School of Medicine who will troubleshoot
most problems.
Additional Faculty Resources
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
School of Medicine Home http://www.oakland.edu/medicine
Campus Map http://www.oakland.edu/map
Oakland Webmail http://www.oakland.edu/
Oakland University Sail
https://sail.oakland.edu/PROD/twbkwbis.P_GenMenu?name=homepage
Oakland University Academic Position Postings http://www.oakland.edu/ahr/jobs
Oakland University Non Academic/Staff Position Postings http://jobs.oakland.edu/
Oakland University Directory http://www2.oakland.edu/webdirectory/
BEAUMONT HOSPITALS
Beaumont Hospitals http://www.beaumonthospitals.com/
Research Institute https://www.beaumonthospitals.com/research
Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar 2011-2012
Orientation
Classes Begin
White Coat Ceremony
Labor Day Holiday
Thanksgiving Recess
Holiday Break
Fall Remediation Exams
Classes Resume
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Winter Recess
Classes Resume
Classes End
Monday - Friday
Monday
Friday
Monday
Thursday - Friday
Monday - Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Monday
Monday-Friday
Monday
Friday
August 8-12
August 8
August 12
September 5
November 24 - 25
December 19 - January 2
January 3
January 4
January 16
February 27 - March 2
March 5
May 25