Faculty responsibilities at SJSM are typically divided between teaching, research, and administrative services.

For further information, please

refer to the Faculty Handbook.
Professor
Under the direction of the Senior Academic Offcer, the Dean, Curriculum and Research Committees or people they designate, a Professor is
responsible for providing academic leadership and for developing an effective learning environment for students. This includes:
A) Administrative, Academic and Service Activities Responsibilities: (Expected to spend 35% of 40 working hours per week)
Campus administration is responsible for matters related to academic affairs, operational and administrative affairs, and matters related
to student affairs. Deans along with multiple committees are responsible for overall administrationof a given campus and communication
with the corporate head quarter in Chicago. Professor, therefore, is expected to become a member of a given committee, according to the
recommendation of the Deans and the corporate offce. Some of the obvious administrative duties are:
- Attendance at faculty meetings,
- Representing the department & courses on committees
- Holding offce hours for students twice a week.
- Organizing consultations and extracurricular activities
How far the administrative responsibilities are being met is evaluated by the number of committee meetings attended and the Deans
assessment report.
B) Teaching Responsibilities: (Expected to spend minimum 25% of 40 working hours per week)
All teaching should, where applicable, follow a general guideline for teaching that is attached here with. Incumbent is expected to have clear
conception of Evidence Based Medicine which is the basis of the entire academic program. He/she should
- Direct a given course with full participation and support another course with limited involvement.
- Defne course outline, evaluate and validate objectives;
- Evaluate syllabus and necessary resources in consultation with the committees
- Evaluate textbooks and learning materials in consultation with the Committees
- Provide guidance to Assistant Professors and Tutors if and when required
- Function through curriculum, promotion, and research committee
- Classroom teaching as course director and course supporter
- Test preparation and grading according to guideline
- Return of grades to Chicago offce
How far the teaching responsibilities are being met is evaluated by the student evaluation and the Deans assessment report.
PROFESSOR - JOB DESCRIPTION
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C) Research Responsibilities (Expected to spend minimum 40% of 40 working hours per week)
Professor should consult Research Committee for general guidelines on formulation of research proposal, submission of proposals to the
committee, engaging students in research activities, engaging satellite offce in India for data collection. He will also:
- Develop Posters,
- Submit proposals to the research committee,
- Write book reviews, book chapters, or literature reviews-generate publication (that includes students research papers he/she
mentored),
- Guide at least 2 research projects per year. Those projects may be originating from students, may be part of ongoing short or long-
term project that is of relevance to the islands conditions, the local community or in the domain of Professors personal expertise &
interest
- Submit at least one long tern research proposal to the committee per year, supervise and/or mentor this proposal.
- Engage the satellite offce in India with the task of collecting data as per proposal. At any given time, the offce must have at least
fve assignments for data collection.
- Serve as an adviser for clinical students thesis / research projects, when and where applicable.
How far the Research responsibilities are being met is evaluated by the report of Research Committee of:
- the number of proposals submitted to the research committee per year.
- number of proposals converted to posters.
- number of proposals sent to the satellite offce to engage the staff with data collection.