MEDICAL SCHOOL EMERITUS FACULTY PROGRAM

The Medical School Emeritus Program offers opportunities for medical school emeritus faculty to continue to provide their assistance, experience, and leadership to the Medical School. Activities for emeritus faculty that are currently being explored include the following:

Medical Student Education and Mentoring

• Participate in a sequence in the M1/M2 year in conjunction with the course director (typically two weeks).
  • Provide peer review/consultation of an M1/M2 sequence (Monitor the course, attend the sessions, review the exams, and meet with the students and teachers)
  • Provide correlation between basic science and clinical practice
  • Participate in M3/M4 teaching (arranged within the department)
  • Provide clinical correlation for an M1 basic science sequence (case conferences and assisting with small group sessions)
• Provide instruction and bedside teaching in Clinical Foundations of Medicine with Classical Findings session (usually Thurs/Friday in specific domains: Cardio, Pulm, GI, MSK, Neuro were suggested)
• Help instruct in clinical refresher programs for students who need this - specifically Medical Scientist Training Program (before entering M3 year) and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) students (before returning to Clinical Foundations of Medicine in late M1 year)

Graduate Students, Resident and Faculty Mentoring

• Participation in resident education and career mentoring.
• Join the Faculty Mentoring Program in the Office of Faculty and Faculty Development
• Be available to new faculty for advice, counsel, and career mentoring.

Some of these activities are organized at the department level by the chair and the program director and include commitments ranging from individual meetings to yearlong participation.

Emeritus Research Activities

• Participate in university activities related to research at the University of Michigan, emphasizing support systems, balancing clinical practice and research, and experience with unique opportunities in the University
  (e.g. Institutional Review Board, University Committee on Use and Care of Animals, etc.).
  

Emeritus Faculty Program Events

• Social and scientific meetings of the emeritus faculty
• Occasional meetings with the Medical School Deans and Hospital Administration
• Meetings with faculty nearing retirement

Medical Center Alumni Society (MCAS)/Development Office

• Participate in alumni activities and fund raising efforts in conjunction with the MCAS Development office. This may involve contacting classmates, meeting with individual donors, maintaining the medical school Hall of Fame, and other activities.

Clinical Practice

• Many emeritus faculty continue clinical practice. These arrangements are made within each department and are not currently part of the Emeritus Faculty program.