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Staff Handbook

B. FACULTY

The faculty composition for 2002 was:

Instructional Track
There are four ranks in the Instructional Track: Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Instructional Track is the "tenure" track of the Medical School. Faculty members on this track are expected to make scholarly contributions to the Medical School in areas of research, teaching, service, and, if appropriate, clinical care.

Primary Research Track
Faculty in this track focus their efforts on research and do not have patient care responsibilities. In addition, most of their teaching takes place in their laboratories, as opposed to the classroom or clinic. There are four ranks of primary researcher: Senior Research Associate, Associate Senior Research Scientist, Assistant Research Scientist and Research Investigator.

Clinical II Track
These faculty have responsibility for patient care, education and service, but not for significant amounts of research. Clinical Track II faculty have appointments at 50% or greater effort, and the University is their sole employer.

Clinical I Track
Clinical Track I faculty have appointments of less than 50% effort and are non-salaried members of the faculty. They are usually in the private practice of medicine outside of the University of Michigan. They have responsibility for teaching medical students, residents, and/or fellows.