Faculty Affairs & Learning Innovation
Roseman University College of Medicine
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Learning Innovation (OFALI) is the central faculty affairs office at Roseman University College of Medicine (RUCOM). We offer training and support to faculty, department chairs, and university leadership towards fostering collaboration, empowering faculty, and driving innovation.
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- Advancing a socially accountable and scholarly approach to teaching and learning in the health sciences
- Rethinking academic excellence in faculty advancement by recognizing the breadth of faculty contributions through Boyer’s definition of scholarship
- Supporting interprofessional and transdisciplinary education
- Facilitating the incorporation of educational technology in teaching and learning activities, including AI
- Working closely with Roseman faculty in the colleges of pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and medicine to promote transdisciplinary teaching and research partnerships
- Promoting socially accountable scholarship including qualitative and quantitative scientific methodologies and humanistic inquiry
- Delivering programming to foster a culture of collegiality, professionalism, and collaboration among all faculty, staff, and students
- Providing services and support to all faculty, including regular, clinical, and community faculty associates, to achieve individual career goals and enhance scholarship and teaching
- Guiding faculty through the promotions process
- Promoting interest groups to support faculty in academic medicine
- Supporting shared governance
- Disseminating fair, comprehensive, and transparent policies
- Developing pedagogic and mentoring strategies that simultaneously uphold the principle of academic freedom and advance a culture of professionalism, collegiality and collaboration
- Collecting and analyzing data on faculty appointments, promotions, and scholarship
