Policy Statement

The COM provides educationally oriented professional practice settings and opportunities through which faculty members provide professional services, including medical care and treatment to patients, including patients at independent hospitals, other institutions and various clinical sites as an integral part of their academic activities and employment as faculty members. Such faculty practice activities are designed to assure professional and clinical practice opportunities and experiences that are essential in the training of ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app, residents and other postgraduate health professionals and that will enhance skills and knowledge of faculty members who must teach and train medical ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app, residents and other health professional ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app. Participation in such faculty practice activities by members of the faculty of the College of Medicine is vital to the educational mission, the maintenance of skills in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases, and the maintenance of patient management skills, clinical expertise and medical judgment. Such participation is a necessary and essential part of their employment as faculty members.

Faculty practice income shall include all payments resulting from the clinical or professional services rendered by COM faculty. Honoraria, royalties, non-clinical consultation fees, or other income derived from outside employment approved by the Dean of the College are not considered to be faculty practice income as described herein. In accordance withÌý University Regulation 9.001, Faculty Practice Plan, faculty members employed by the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app College of Medicine who engage in the practice of medicine must do so exclusively through the College of Medicine and its Faculty Practice Plan, unless otherwise specifically approved in writing by the Dean of the College. Each clinical faculty member of the COM will complete an Assignment of Income from Services form which assigns to ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app all faculty practice income generated by or on behalf of him or her.

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine offers medical degrees through seven departments, as well as Master and Ph.D. programs.

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