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9 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Policies Guiding and Governing Faculty: Outside Professional Activities and Effort Reporting
Elizabeth “Betsy” Ripley, M.D., M.S., RAC, Interim Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Internal Medicine, VCU SOM

As a result of attending this presentation, you will be able to:

• Manage outside professional activities within the School of Medicine guidelines and participate in the approval/reporting process.
• Understand effort reporting, including the ECRT website and how to avoid common pitfalls.

10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Topics in Research Integrity: Conflicts of Interest and Addressing Research Misconduct
Monika S. Markowitz, Ph.D., Director, Office of Research Integrity and Ethics,
Office of the VP for Research and Innovation, VCU

As a result of this presentation, you will be able to:

• Explain main features of VCU’s research conflict of interest policy and process.
• Define interests to be reported into Activity and Interests Reporting System (AIRS) and who reports their interests.
• Complete a Financial Interest Report in the AIRs system and access resources for support.
• Define research misconduct and explain how it differs from research noncompliance and authorship disputes.
• Identify how and where to report concerns or allegations about research misconduct.
• Increase understanding of VCU’s policy and process for addressing research misconduct.

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
Elizabeth “Betsy” Ripley, M.D., M.S., RAC, Interim Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Internal Medicine, VCU SOM

As a result of this presentation, you will be able to:

• Summarize the SOM faculty guidelines on Promotion and Tenure.
• Get started on plotting your course to promotion and tenure.

Sponsored by VCU School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs.  For questions, contact deborah.stewart@vcuhealth.org.