Faculty Affairs

New Faculty Information

Welcome to our New Faculty
All new faculty are invited to a one hour meeting in the Office of Faculty Affairs. The purpose is to get you started well on your academic career.  Specific discussion topics include planning your academic career, networking, useful resources, and question time.  New Faculty Welcome Invitation including dates, times and place. Welcome meetings are conducted by Dr. Jeannette Shorey and Glenda Cooper.

The 2009 Orientation will be September 9 from 1 - 4 pm in the College of Public Health 8th floor Auditorium. This is for all faculty appointed since last September. 

The College of Medicine Professionalism Guideline for faculty was approved December 8, 2008.  This Professionalism Guideline serves to document the expectations we collectively hold for ourselves in our interactions with patients, colleagues, health professionals, students, trainees, staff and the public.

The 2009 Absolutely Unofficial Faculty Handbook or FIGS (Fill in the Gaps) 14th edition is now available. This handbook is a practical, fun referential guide to UAMS, Little Rock and Central Arkansas for all new faculty, recruits and housestaff.  Dr. Page Moore, chair of the WFDC Publications committee has written a forward and the list of FIGS Sponsors can be found on the back page.  Call 526.4661 for a copy. 

Start Planning Your Career Now - Consult the Promotion and Tenure page
Knowles Learning and Planning Document
Faculty Resources Site - System and campus policies for faculty
UAMS Faculty Handbook
Faculty Group Practices Handbook
Arkansas Children's Hospital
COM Research website
AAMC CV Recommendations and template

College of Medicine Educator Information and Resources:
This site provides direct access and links to College of Medicine curricular information -- such as specific course and clerkship objectives, course/lecture development tools, AND important policies and protocols. Also available are useful resources for any member of the College of Medicine faculty and staff -- the basic science course director, the junior clerkship director, the course/program coordinator, lecturer, etc., directly involved in shaping the curriculum.

A list of regularly scheduled CME conferences at UAMS

A Resource Guide for Academic Faculty from the AAMC - this is a valuable resource for new faculty.
AAMC Faculty Vitae, a quarterly web presentation of current issues in academic medicine.

The College of Medicine Group on Business Affairs hosts a valuable website for new clinical faculty about the COM credentialing process. Recruits and new faculty go to: http://www.uams.edu/gba/default.asp.

Research Communities Website:  https://secureresearchlink.uams.edu/RCHome.aspx
For the latest news on grants, fellowships, the IRB, research workshops and seminars, and other links to the research community: Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

For our international faculty: International Faculty Resources, and for under-represented minorities: The Center for Diversity Affairs

New to Arkansas?
Arkansas Government Resources
Little Rock - The City
Public and Private School links
Video - Arkansas Spirit
Explore Arkansas
Compare Cost of Living of Two Cities
The Arkansas Medical Society
Little Rock Family
Arkansas Directory
Little Rock Restaurants


DEPARTING FACULTY
We encourage departing faculty to make an exit interview appointment with Dr. Jeannette M. Shorey  II or Ms. Glenda Cooper.  Please call 526.4661 for appointments.