New Faculty Orientation
Welcome to the VCU School of Medicine New Faculty Orientation website. We are pleased that you have selected VCU as a place to further expand and develop your professional career. The overall objective of New Faculty Orientation is to enable you to examine the evolving administrative, educational, research, and healthcare environments in the School of Medicine and to better access the resources available in support of your teaching, patient care, and research. New Faculty Orientation is held each October and at that time, you will receive a notebook containing detailed information and contact resources. In the meantime, the New Faculty Orientation website has been designed to provide you access to these important resources throughout the year.
We hope you find the New Faculty Orientation website to be a helpful guide. Should you have any questions or needs, please do not hesitate to contact Carol Hampton, Associate Dean, Faculty & Instructional Development.
Official New Faculty Orientation Brochure (pdf)
The School of Medicine: An Overview
Welcome to VCU
- Office of the President
- VCU Administration
- Vice President for Health Sciences
- VCU 2020: Vision for Excellence
History of the Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University
- History of the MCV Campus of VCU
- Special collections & Archives, Tompkins-McCaw library for the Health Sciences on the MCV Campus
- "Virginia Commonwealth University" by Ray Bonis, Jodi Koste, and Curtis Lyons
School of Medicine: Organization, Mission, Goals, Achievements, Professionalism
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"New Faculty Orientation"
Jerome Strauss, III, MD, PhD
Dean, School of Medicine - VCU School of Medicine — Welcome Page
- A Closer Look: The SOM at VCU’s Medical College of Virginia Campus
- Professionalism at the VCU School of Medicine
- VCU at Inova Fairfax Hospital
- Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC Richmond)
- Development & Alumni Affairs
Career Development: Promotion & Tenure
Role of the Department
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"Promotion and Tenure: Role of the Department "
David Gardner, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Chair DOIM, P&T Committee
Procedures & Timeline
- Faculty Policies & Procedures
- Faculty Promotion Information for FY 2008 (pdf)
- Faculty Promotion and Tenure Procedures (Regulatory) (pdf)
- Format for Faculty Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
- Faculty Mentoring Guide
- Mentorship Manual for Medical Students
- Newsline: School of Medicine Newsletter, December 2007 (pdf)
- Newsline Archives
- SOM eNews Archives
Faculty Development Resources
Women in Science, Dentistry, and Medicine (WISDM)
VCU SOM Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"COSOWAM"
Rita Shiang, MD
Associate Professor of Human Genetics, Co-Chair, Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities (COSOWAM)- Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities
Professionalism
Faculty Excellence Awards
Teaching Excellence Awards
The Clinical Enterprise
State of the VCU Health System
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"New Faculty Orientation "
Sheldon Retchin, MD
CEO, VCU Health System & Vice President for Health Sciences- VCU Medical Center
- VCU Health System: MCV Physicians
MCV Hospitals
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"VCU Health System"
Darrell Johnson, MHA, MS
VP of Professional Services, MCV Hospitals, VCU Health System
Clinical Practice & Information Systems at VCUHS
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"Using Technology to Your Advantage"
Alan Dow, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Academic Hospitalist Service
Educational Environment & Resources
Medical Student Curriculum & Opportunities for Teaching
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"VCU School of Medicine Curriculum Overview"
James Messmer, MD, MEd
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education & Professor of Radiology- Medical Student Curriculum Overview
- E-Curriculum
- Curriculum: Faculty and Staff
- Curriculum: Contact Numbers
- SOM Student Handbook (pdf)
Medical Student Curriculum & Opportunities for Teaching
Medical Student Admissions & Characteristics
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"VCU School of Medicine Admissions"
Michelle Whitehurst-Cook, MD
Associate Dean of Admissions & Associate Professor of Family Medicine- UME General Information for Prospective Students - Admissions
Graduate Students & Programs, VCU Honor System
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"VCU SoM Graduate Programs"
Jan Chlebowski, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Education & Professor of Biochemistry- VCU Honor System Resource Guide
Graduate Medical Education, MCV Campus & Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"Graduate Medical Education Program"
Mary Alice O'Donnell, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education- Graduate Medical Education
Continuing Medical Education
Educational Resources
VCU Resources:
VCU Center for Teaching Excellence
VCU Libraries
School of Medicine Technology Services
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"Technology Services Overview"
Meenu Tolani, MBA
Assistant Dean for Technology Services- School of Medicine Technology Services
- SoMTech Computer Support
- Instructional Development
- Audience Response System
- Distance Education & Multimedia Support
CBIL and Simulation Center
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"Computer Based Instruction Lab"
Brenda Seago, MLS, MA
Director, Computer Based Instruction Lab & Administrative Director, Center for Human Simulation & Patient Safety- Computer Based Instruction Lab (CBIL)
- CBIL Publications
Getting Started in Research on the MCV Campus
Research at the VCU School of Medicine
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"VCU Strategic Research Plan"
Gordon Archer, MD
Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
VCU Research Structure & Resources
- Printable PDF Presentation:
"VCU's Research Enterprise"
Francis Macrina, PhD
Vice President for Research & Professor of Microbiology & Immunology- VCU Office of Research
- Office of the Vice President of Research
- VCU SOM Faculty Expertise Directory
The Starter Grant (Interactive Case Study)
- PRINTABLE PDF PRESENTATION:
"Getting Started in Research on the MCV Campus"
John Clore, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Center for Clinical & Translational Research
Chris Gennings, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
Research Incubator Director, Center for clinical & Translational Research
- General Clinical Research Center
Types of Grants & Funding Sources
- PRINTABLE PDF PRESENTATION:
"Types of Grants & Funding Sources"
Ann Nichols-Casebolt, PhD
Associate VP for Research Development, VCU- NIH Awards
- A.D. Williams Grants & Awards (pdf)
Processing Green Sheets & E-Grant Submission
- PRINTABLE PDF PRESENTATION:
"Processing Green Sheets & E-Grant Submissions"
Susan Robb, CRA
Director, Sponsored Programs Administration- VCU Office of Research: Sponsored Programs
Faculty Research Success Stories: How We Got To Where We Are
- PRINTABLE PDF PRESENTATION:
"How I got to where I am"
Kimberle Jefferson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- PRINTABLE PDF PRESENTATION:
"How I got to where I am"
Richard Sterling, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Additional Research Resources
- Office of Research: Division of Animal Resources
- Department of Biostatistics
- Bridge Funding
- VCU Office of Environmental Health & Safety
- GENIUS
- SPIN
- Grant Information
- VCU Office of Research: Sponsored Programs
- VCU Office of Research: Technology Transfer
- VCU Office of Research: Subjects Protection
- Clinical Trials Institute / Outcomes Research Institute
