Description
The USA Health Department of Family Medicine in Mobile, Alabama, is seeking a full-time, board- certified Family Medicine faculty member interested in a unique medical student education opportunity at the University of South Alabama Whiddon College of Medicine. The primary purpose of this position is to lead the Medical Student Education in the department. The director will lead medical student education initiatives within the department to include pre-clinical students, the family medicine 3rd year clerkship, a longitudinal Primary Care Pathway, fourth year electives, and a post-baccalaureate program in collaboration with the College of Allied Health.
Responsibilities:
- Provides mentorship for community adjunct faculty at clinical sites as well as departmental faculty engaged in medical student education.
- Recruits and maintains a community adjunct faculty pool, including overseeing, initiating, and maintaining adjunct appointments
- Prepares and delivers faculty development content for family medicine preceptors, including adjunct community and departmental faculty engaged in medical student education.
- Participates in evaluations and assessments of educational content, clinical teaching, and the learning environment of the department and community-based faculty and their sites.
- Mentors medical students with an interest in a primary care career.
- Collaborates with Population Health Interest Group and Family Medicine Interest Group.
- Planning and overseeing the educational experience, curriculum content, student assessment, and program evaluation in the Family Medicine clerkship, fourth-year electives, the Primary Care Pathway, and assisting with the development of the post-baccalaureate experience.
- Maintains a working relationship with the Office of Medical Education and Office of Student Affairs to include in maintaining and adjusting the educational structure, learning objectives, required clinical experiences, didactic curriculum, and assessments when appropriate that meet the goals of the clerkship experience and the overall medical education program.
The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis.
EO Employer – minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.
