Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Overview

The role of the in-country medicine lead is to be an ambassador, driver, and guide of the clinical and educational missions in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine between the North American, European and Kenyan institutions of the AMPATH consortium. The in-country lead resides in Eldoret, Kenya full-time, and their primary mission is to build capacity through workforce development and contribute to the delivery of high quality care.

They accomplish this by working closely with Kenyan, North American and European faculty, residents, and medical students to support a positive learning environment that is respectful to all.

This position is supported by the Indiana University Center for Global Health (IUCGH) and Indiana University (IU) Department of Medicine or Department of Family Medicine. The in-country lead will receive an appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine or Visiting Professor in Family Medicine at IU School of Medicine (IUSM) and a Visiting Lecturer in Internal Medicine at Moi University School of Medicine (MUSOM).

The position is a 2-year position.

The in-country lead is directly responsible to the IUCGH Director and Director of Education. Day-to-day activities are supervised and managed by the AMPATH Executive Site Director. For clinical and teaching responsibilities related to Moi University, the in-country lead will report to the Head of Department of Internal Medicine Moi University.

Service Duties Clinical Duties

• Participate in clinical care for internal medicine patients s primarily involves leading bedside teaching and rounds for teams of Kenyan registrars (residents) and medical students.
• Work in an outpatient clinic in the MOH or MTRH care systems (AMPATH clinics, MTRH specialty clinics, etc.)
• Provide clinical care as a consultant on the inpatient internal medicine wards as assigned by the MU and MTRH department heads (minimum expectation of 3-4 months per year).
• Participate in the on-call clinical rotation as assigned by the departmental leadership.
• Participate in care initiatives as requested by departmental or hospital leadership (i.e. Ebola response plan, QI initiatives on wards, etc.)

Support for guests at IU House

• Be available to discuss medical issues in advance for adults (and children for FM in-country lead) with chronic medical issues coming to IU House
• Provide necessary urgent medical care for all adults (and children for FM in-country lead) staying at IU House and/or facilitate access to appropriate medical care at a local hospital/clinic.
• Provide general medical advice and linking to appropriate Kenyan health system, as necessary.
• Manage adult HIV exposure with PEP protocol per IU House policies/procedures.
• Assist in maintaining and updating emergency protocol SOPs

Faculty Duties

AMPATH Ambassador

• Attend weekly AMPATH consortium calls, participate in monthly meetings with IUCGH Education leadership, and other AMPATH meetings as required
• Help maintain and update AMPATH Education, Emergency and other relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Provide reports on activities related to the educational and clinical mission when requested

Member of Indiana University Department of Medicine or Department of Family Medicine

• Respond timely to department requests for reviews or information. Maintain regular and prompt communication with the IU Department of Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
• Facilitate Internal Medicine and Family Medicine education, research and programmatic efforts in Kenya by helping to build relationships between investigators from the North American and European AMPATH Consortium institutions and those from MTRH and MUSOM
• Host visitors from IU to AMPATH with an interest in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine including donors, new faculty, researchers, and the many other interested parties that create future opportunities for AMPATH/IU

Visiting lecturer at the Moi University Department of Medicine

As a visiting lecturer at Moi University Department of Internal Medicine or Family Medicine the in-country lead is expected to:

• Attend department meetings, weekly registrar “mini-rounds”, journal club and other departmental meetings
• Assist…