Pathology Faculty

Overview

Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) is seeking experienced, motivated, and dedicated leaders and educators to participate in the design and delivery of an innovative four-year medical school curriculum that engages medical students in active and novel learning.

Job Title: Foundational Science Educator, Pathology

Reports to: Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Location: Bentonville, Arkansas (On-site)

Date Reviewed: 09/9/2025

Who We Are

AWSOM is a nonprofit, four-year MD program that will enhance traditional medical education with the arts, humanities, and whole health principles. The school’s culture emphasizes self-care to empower students to care for their own well-being as well as their patients. The school’s facility is in Bentonville, Arkansas on the Crystal Bridges campus, home to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Heartland Whole Health Institute.

The school has been granted preliminary accreditation status by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

The Foundational Science Educator, Pathology is a full-time, non-tenure position. This role works as part of an interdisciplinary team to ensure students receive broad-based training across all four years. The ideal candidate will have a history of teaching excellence in medical education and will collaborate with colleagues across relevant phases. This position will develop and review formative and summative assessment items and will collaborate in developing clinical cases to emphasize basic science concepts.

The ideal Pathology candidate will have experience in multiple disciplines with clinical relevance including pathology, histopathology, pathophysiology, and cellular biology.

Faculty and staff will contribute to the ARCHES curriculum, built on evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. ARCHES includes six core elements that will be interwoven throughout the four-year curriculum:
Art of Healing, Research, Clinical, Health Systems Science, Embracing Whole Health, Science of Medicine.

• Develop Curriculum – oversee the development and integration of pathology content and relevant pathology elements, including clinically relevant narratives and assessment tools (e.g., NBME-style multiple-choice questions) and assessment of student performance in active learning sessions.
• Teach / Instruct / Facilitate – engage in student instruction using active learning methodologies, collaborate to create, deliver, and pre-record flipped classroom content, and facilitate small and large group sessions (e.g., case-based learning).
• Assess / Evaluate – create learning objectives for foundational sciences, map them to the curriculum, and use metrics to ensure objectives are met. Work with faculty and staff for continuous quality improvement of courses, sessions, activities, and assessments.
• Participate in professional development to enhance teaching and related skills.
• Participate in leadership and group activities within the medical school (e.g., Curriculum Committee, Admissions Committee).
• Other duties as assigned.

• Doctoral degree (MD, DO, PhD, MD/PhD, ScD, MBBS, or equivalent) with specific ACGME residency training in pathology, required.
• Greater than two (2) years of experience in an accredited undergraduate medical education or postgraduate education programs with concentration in pathology or closely related field, required.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in medical education, including curriculum development, development/editing of assessment tools, and delivery in pathology, required.
• Proficiency in medical pathology, preferred.
• Clinical pathology experience, preferred.
• Experience designing, delivering, and evaluating integrated foundational science courses, preferred.
• Familiarity with educational technologies and active learning methodologies, preferred.
• Experience with various assessment methods, preferred.
• Experience with different adult learning methods (e.g., CBL, PBL, TBL, small groups, simulation, etc.), preferred.

The physical demands and work environment described here…