Faculty Affairs and Learning Innovation
Roseman University College of Medicine
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Learning Innovation (OFALI) is the central faculty affairs and instructor development office at Roseman University College of Medicine (RUCOM). We support an innovative, collaborative, democratic, diverse, and inclusive community of educators at Roseman University College of Medicine by focusing on innovation, collaboration, and empowerment.
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College of Medicine Governance
Learn about governance at the Roseman University College of Medicine including:
College of Medicine Faculty Bylaws
College of Medicine Faculty Assembly
College of Medicine Standing Committees
Professional Development
Educator Development
Personal Development
Professional Development
Research Summer Intensive
Research/Scholarship Development
Leadership Development & Resources for Department Chairs
Faculty & Senior Leadership Annual Reviews
Find faculty & senior leadership annual review timeline, materials, and guides.
OFALI Policies and Forms Directory
Professional Development and Travel Policy
Professional Development and Travel Procedure
Professional Development Request Form
Faculty Appointment Policy
Faculty Appointment Request Form
Faculty Advancement Policies
Faculty Annual Review Policies, Procedures, and Instructions
- Advancing a socially accountable and scholarly approach to teaching and learning in the health sciences
- Fostering horizontal and vertical integration of social determinants of health, humanities, ethics, and professionalism
- Facilitating the incorporation of educational technology in teaching and learning activities
- Developing and disseminating scholarship and curriculum on Studio Based Learning
- Housing the Curriculum Design Studio, a collaborative space to create curriculum using education technology, while working with an instructional designer
- Working closely with Roseman faculty in the colleges of pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and medicine to promote transdisciplinary teaching and research partnerships
- Leading transdisciplinary teaching and learning beyond the health sciences, including law, the arts, humanities, social sciences, data sciences, design, and architecture
- Advocating socially accountable qualitative and quantitative scientific methodologies
- Offering research coaching including encouragement of faculty to engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning
- Delivering programming to foster a culture of collegiality, professionalism, and belonging among all faculty and staff
- 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 those minoritized in academic medicine
- Supporting the Faculty Assembly
- Disseminating progressive, inclusive, and transparent policies
- Developing pedagogic and mentoring strategies that simultaneously uphold the principle of academic freedom and advance a culture of professionalism, collegiality and belonging
- Collecting and analyzing data on faculty appointments, promotions, and scholarship
