Process for School of Medicine Leave of Absences

Faculty may take leave for various reasons. See chapter 4 of the faculty handbook for details. For sabbatical, the leave is with full pay from the department for a half a year or half pay for a full year.

See Policy in the Faculty Handbook, Chapter 4 Professional Affairs of the Faculty. Pages 4-6 through 4-12

All Faculty Leaves from the University must be entered into dFac for reporting to the Provost office.

Process Steps:

  • Leave Form to be completed and signed by Faculty and Chair.
  • attach letter, if applicable e.g. sabbatical, other, medical statement, etc.  
  • If any portion of salary is supported by sponsored funds, please check the appropriate block on the leave form.
  • If the leave is with partial pay or no pay, the department submits an “Out of Cycle & Anticipated Salary, Effort and/or Appointment % (SEA) Change Form”. Once approval is received, the department processes a rate and schedule iForm to adjust the salary and effort. 
  • Department dFac user enters leave request into dFac and uploads the leave form into the attachment section of the dFac form. 
  • The dates on the leave form and the dates in dFac must match. 
  • APT runs report from dFac and provides leave list  to the Provost office.
  • The Provost reviews and approves.
  • The Provost Office notifies the APT office of the approval.
  • The APT office approves the dFac leave form.
  • If the leave is with partial pay or no pay, the department submits “Anticipated and Out of Cycle IBS/TPE Change” online REDCAP form.  Once approval is received, the department processes a rate and schedule iForm to adjust the salary and effort.