One person noted that it would be difficult to recognize only 20 faculty members, especially if there were no written criteria. Dr. Verklan recommended starting by recognizing a few faculty and then refining measurement and criteria. Another faculty noted that if there is no reward, we should just forget this entire process. Dr. Low noted that faculty employed here should be required to teach and that all other activities must be negotiated with department chairs and deans. Dr. Parcel note that the SPH liked the model that all come to teach.
Faculty have annual peer review for research, service and teaching.
The results of this review are merit and incentive raises for accomplishment. Dr. Reiser noted that our training did not include learning to educate and that this would be analogous to being trained as a physician without knowing how to do a history and physical. We know little of foundation, methods, and evaluation of teaching and need to acknowledge that we need to learn about these. Dr. Parcel objected to this model, saying it would remove the students from the best teachers. Dr. Johnson noted that the Dental Branch is trying to educate the teachers on teaching with the main goal of improving the quality of teaching.