Albert Einstein College of Medicine provides policies to guide faculty in their various roles and in career advancement. Einstein’s policies ensure consistent operations, clarify responsibilities, and support compliance with regulations. Teaching faculty, in carrying out Einstein’s educational mission, have a special responsibility to ensure institutional compliance with accreditation standards, and should pay particular attention to policies that outline their responsibilities.
The policies listed below apply to faculty who are employees of Albert Einstein College of Medicine or Montefiore Medical Center. The Einstein Document Library contains the most comprehensive and current listing of Einstein policies (AD credentials required).
If you have a question about a policy and whether it applies to you, please contact your chair or your employer’s human resources department. Any questions about policies relating to teaching faculty should be directed to the relevant course or clinical rotation supervisor.
Policies & Documents Relevant to All Faculty
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Faculty Handbook
- Authorship
- Academic Freedom
- Comprehensive Conflict of Interest
- Faculty Senate By-Laws, Policies, and Procedures
- Faculty Leaves of Absence
- Feedback to Faculty
- Emeritus Appointments
- Interim Support
- Outside Professional Income
- Sabbatical Leave
- Rules and Regulations Providing for Systems of Appointments, Titles, and Compensation
- Tenure and Compensation
- Use of Social Media
Policies Relevant to Teaching Faculty
Any questions about policies relating to teaching faculty should be directed to the relevant course or clinical rotation supervisor.
- Attendance for M.D. Program
- Conflict of Interest and Grading
- Policy on Faculty Appointment for Educating Medical Students
- Inclement Weather Policy for Required Clinical Rotations (MD)
- Medical Student Code of Conduct
- Medical Student Mistreatment Policy
- Medical Student Supervision to Ensure Patient and Student Safety During Required Clinical Activities Policy
- Midcycle Feedback Policy
- Observed Clinical Encounter Policy (M.D. Program)
- Student Work Hours and Active Learning Policy (M.D. Program)
- Graduate Division Academic Policies
Policies Relevant to Research Faculty
- Cayuse Policies and Procedures
- Consulting Relationships Policy
- Human Research Protection Program Policy Interim Support Policy and Procedure
- NIH Grants Policy Statement Compliance Policy Policy on Mandatory Disclosures
- Policy on Salary Cap on Grants and Contracts Principal Investigator Requirements
- Principal Investigator Responsibilities
- Research Misconduct Policy
- sIRB Principal Investigators Responsibilities
Select Human Resources Policies & Documents
- Benefits Summary for Senior Leadership, Faculty, Exempt, and Non-Exempt Employees
- Code of Conduct
- Disability Accommodation
- Discrimination and Harassment (Non-Title IX)
- Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Equal Opportunity Statement
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Inclement Weather
- Sexual and Romantic Relationships
- Sick Time
- Smoke-Free Workplace
- Title IX Gender-Based Misconduct, Sex Discrimination, and Harassment and Complaint Procedures for Employees and Non-Students
- Tuition Reimbursement for Exempt and Non-Exempt Staff
- Whistleblower Policy