Faculty Administration

Visiting Instructors Appointment and Review

Visiting Instructor

Rank:   Visiting Instructor     Job Code: 9190

A faculty member may hold the rank of Visiting Instructor up to three years.

If the Visiting Instructor is appointed to a tenure generating rank, the time spent, or yearly portions thereof, may be counted toward the pre-tenure probationary period unless stated otherwise in writing by the candidate or in the Department Chair's Offer Letter.  Refer to U of U PPM 9-2.2.D

Chief resident may be appointed to the faculty position of Visiting Instructor.
•    Resident must be board-eligible at the time of appointment,
•    Must have significant teaching responsibilities during the year of appointment.
•    If on housestaff, they must have GME Committee approval for dual faculty/housestaff appointment. 

Appointment:

Faculty members in this rank have a yearly contract. No advertising or search is required. These are temporary positions with the University renewable at the end of the academic year (up to three years.) Recruitment procedures must be followed if the individual is recommended for appointment as an Instructor or Assistant Professor in any of the other tracks.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

This rank may be awarded to individuals who have met the minimal requirements for faculty membership. It is intended for individuals who are completing their training or acquiring essential experience while simultaneously serving a faculty role.

  1. EDUCATION:  A doctoral degree (M.D., Ph.D., or other terminal professional degree) from an accredited institution of higher learning.
  2. IN CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS: completion of the residency training normally required for board certification, or for non-M.D.'s, a minimum of two years of post-doctoral training and/or experience.

Review:

Annual informal review of visiting instructors should occur during the annual auxiliary faculty reappointment process, but should not require formal written documentation.

Informal Reviews:

  • All visiting instructors shall be reviewed annually to assess their achievement in teaching, research/scholarly (other creative) activity, clinical service, and administration, as appropriate for their track and rank.
  • Informal reviews must minimally include a face-to-face meeting between the candidate and the department chair (or a designee as per department guidelines) to discuss the candidate's progress based on their file; involvement, determined by the department, from the appointment department advisory committee (DAC); and provide a written report to be made available to the candidate, the members of the DAC, and the department chair.
  • The responsible department chair/division chief and the faculty member should establish agreed upon goals and expectations.
    • These expectations should include how the faculty member will divide her/his time and effort.
  • The agreed upon expectations and goals should be written down and signed by both the faculty member and the department chair/division chief and retained for future reference.
    • The list of expectations and goals need not be tremendously detailed, but should clearly state the areas in which accomplishments are anticipated.
  • The department chair/division chief should specifically determine if the faculty member has performed satisfactorily over the past year compared to the expectations and goals that were agreed upon.
  • If the faculty member is deemed to have performed unsatisfactorily, then a plan should be devised to correct the deficiencies. The department chair/division chief evaluation, the revised goals and expectations, and any remediation plan should be put in writing.
  • During subsequent yearly meetings the department chair/division chief and faculty member should compare the faculty member's performance to agreed upon expectations and then make any necessary modifications to the faculty member's future goals and expectations.
  • Final summary of informal review will be presented to DAC during annual reappointment review process.